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Oct 2025
24m 59s

How will the ceasefire in Gaza be enforc...

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Israel breaches the Gaza ceasefire killing dozens of Palestinians. Now, it says it's returned to the deal but warns Hamas it hinges on handing over the captives' remains. So, how challenging will it be to move to the next phase? And how far will the guarantors go to enforce it?

In this episode: 

  • Alon Pinkas, Former Israeli Ambassador. 
  • Hussein Haridy, Former Egyptian Assistant Foreign Minister.
  • Frank Lowenstein, Former US Special Envoy for Israeli-Palestinian negotiations.

Host: Bernard Smith

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