Gaza Truce Status After First Agreement Phase: Zionists Lack Capacity for War
According to webangah News Agency’s English section, citing Mehr news agency, Abdel Bari Atwan, a regional strategic analyst, reviewed the ceasefire process in the Gaza conflict and factors leading to its establishment. He wrote that the real reason for implementing a ceasefire in Gaza and Israel’s partial military withdrawal from this narrow strip can be summed up by U.S. President Donald Trump’s “golden phrase” during his last press conference: “I told Netanyahu that Israel cannot fight against the entire world now standing against it.”
Atwan further stated:
This is an open admission by Trump that Israel no longer has the power to continue this war. Its Western allies led by America also cannot sustain or defend it politically, militarily, or economically against global opposition. Fighting against all nations is not comparable to waging war on a besieged and starving resistance group in Gaza-an area less than 365 square kilometers where 2.5 million people live, mostly children, women, and elderly.
Atwan then analyzed key factors forcing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to accept and swiftly implement this initial phase of agreement:
First: Netanyahu needs time to regroup and strengthen his internal political and military fronts after suffering significant losses.
Second: He must develop a robust strategy to regain control over Trump and his management’s direction while attempting to break international isolation and avoid enforcement of International Criminal Court rulings branding him a war criminal.
Third: Failure on seven fronts where Israelis claimed they were at war-Yemen stands out especially as they never managed to prevent Yemeni missile strikes or drone attacks on occupied territories.
Fourth: The unsuccessful campaign against lebanon with failure to neutralize Hezbollah or disarm it.
Fifth: The resistance movement in Gaza remains intact within its two main groups-the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades of Hamas and Al-Quds Brigades affiliated with Islamic Jihad-and Israeli attacks have limited success in weakening or destroying them.
The article then questions what will happen after world leaders celebrate in Egypt following Israeli prisoner returns to Tel Aviv: Will there be second or third phases of this ceasefire? After failing at securing a nobel Prize-a lifelong ambition-and achieving his “peace” project so far, will Trump continue efforts toward completing peace talks? Will disarming resistance forces-the Israelis’ top demand-occur?
The resistance brigades are urged to remain vigilant as deception from their enemy continues; U.S. President Trump remains their occupiers’ strongest collaborator. subsequent phases of any agreement might effectively never materialize. This does not mean resolution but rather further complications ahead as resistance persists-and possibly spreads into the West Bank-with Yemen providing an example for support across other fronts.
