An End to the Bloodshed
Don Jaffa, LCMB member
In spite of Biden’s proposal to end the fighting for a permanent cease fire, claimed to be Bibi’s latest proposal, but was instead a Biden lie, HAMAS, of course agreed immediately. But, Israel remains resolute in its goal to rid Hamas from Gaza, and to secure a permanent peace with the remaining Arabs in Gaza. And Hamas remains resolute to fight to the last man, to Destroy Israel and to kill Jews. Temporary cease fires spanning two to eight weeks are only time for Hamas to rearm and recruit more bodies to die in the fighting. The IDF has already recovered the security zone along the fourteen kilometers of the Gaza Border with Egyptian Sinai (Code named Philidelphi).
Under the 1979 Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty ‘Philidelphi’ was an authorized security zone occupied and maintained by the IDF. It was abandoned by the IDF, and is now re-occupied in the effort to cut off and end Hamas in its Rafah stronghold. Any supply tunnels under the border will be located and probably flooded with sea water, completely cutting off re-supply with Hamas from Egypt.
Any offer for a cease fire will be for Saudi Arabia and Egypt to sponsor the deportation and exile of all Hamas members from Gaza to the Island of Tinan in the Gulf of Aqaba. The deportation would be through the Rafah border crossing into Sinai and their transportation to Sharm El-Sheikh and ferrying to the Island of Tinan. The Island was given by Treaty by Egypt to Saudi Arabia.
If Egypt wants to become a player in a resolution of the terrorism then they have to take an active part. To that end Israel would probably offer to add all the Gazan Arabs in Israeli prisons who committed acts of terrorism in Israel and have been convicted and sentenced for their crimes. If this is agreed to by Saudi Arabia and Egypt there is no need to engage Hamas. If they show up to surrender for the transfer through the Rafah crossing into Egypt they will be disarmed and accepted. Those that remain will know that the IDF will engage them in combat, until they are all exterminated. There is not a doubt that Hamas will release any further hostages unless Prime Minister Netanyahu agrees to their terms. And in the near term that is not going to happen. As the IDF continues to clear Rafah of Hamas street by street and block by block, any solution other than the total elimination of HAMAS in Gaza, fades very quickly.
