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These times present a quite unusual occurrence: the pioneering US parade of the babysitters. Their attributes range in their skills and traits, but they all have the common mission – to prevent an Israeli infringement, or even demolition, of Gaza’s delicate peace agreement. After the hostilities finished, there have been rare occasions without at least one of Donald Trump’s delegates on the scene. Only this past week included the presence of a senior advisor, a businessman, a senator and a political figure – all appearing to perform their duties.

The Israeli government occupies their time. In just a few days it initiated a set of strikes in the region after the deaths of a pair of Israel Defense Forces (IDF) troops – resulting, as reported, in scores of Palestinian casualties. Several officials called for a resumption of the conflict, and the Israeli parliament passed a preliminary decision to take over the occupied territories. The American response was somewhere between “no” and “hell no.”

However in several ways, the Trump administration appears more concentrated on preserving the existing, uneasy stage of the peace than on moving to the next: the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip. When it comes to that, it appears the United States may have ambitions but few concrete plans.

Currently, it is unclear when the suggested international administrative entity will actually begin operating, and the same goes for the designated security force – or even the identity of its members. On Tuesday, Vance declared the US would not force the membership of the foreign contingent on Israel. But if the prime minister's government continues to reject one alternative after another – as it did with the Turkish offer recently – what happens then? There is also the opposite point: who will decide whether the troops favoured by the Israelis are even prepared in the assignment?

The question of the duration it will take to disarm the militant group is similarly ambiguous. “The expectation in the leadership is that the global peacekeeping unit is intends to at this point assume responsibility in demilitarizing the organization,” said the official recently. “It’s will require a while.” Trump further highlighted the uncertainty, stating in an interview on Sunday that there is no “fixed” deadline for the group to disarm. So, hypothetically, the unidentified participants of this still unformed global contingent could enter the territory while the organization's fighters continue to remain in control. Would they be facing a leadership or a militant faction? These represent only some of the concerns surfacing. Others might wonder what the result will be for average civilians as things stand, with the group carrying on to target its own adversaries and opposition.

Current incidents have afresh highlighted the gaps of local reporting on the two sides of the Gaza boundary. Every publication attempts to analyze each potential aspect of the group's breaches of the peace. And, usually, the fact that Hamas has been delaying the repatriation of the remains of slain Israeli hostages has taken over the news.

On the other hand, coverage of non-combatant deaths in Gaza caused by Israeli attacks has garnered scant attention – if any. Take the Israeli counter actions following Sunday’s southern Gaza incident, in which two soldiers were lost. While Gaza’s sources reported 44 fatalities, Israeli media pundits questioned the “light answer,” which targeted just facilities.

This is not new. Over the recent few days, the press agency alleged Israeli forces of violating the peace with the group multiple times since the ceasefire came into effect, causing the death of dozens of Palestinians and injuring an additional many more. The allegation was insignificant to the majority of Israeli news programmes – it was simply ignored. Even reports that eleven individuals of a Palestinian family were lost their lives by Israeli soldiers recently.

Gaza’s rescue organization stated the individuals had been seeking to go back to their residence in the Zeitoun district of the city when the vehicle they were in was fired upon for supposedly crossing the “boundary” that defines territories under Israeli military control. That yellow line is not visible to the ordinary view and shows up solely on maps and in official papers – not always accessible to average residents in the region.

Even this incident barely rated a reference in Israeli media. Channel 13 News covered it shortly on its website, quoting an IDF official who stated that after a suspect vehicle was identified, forces fired warning shots towards it, “but the car kept to move toward the troops in a fashion that posed an direct danger to them. The forces opened fire to eliminate the threat, in accordance with the ceasefire.” Zero casualties were stated.

With this framing, it is no surprise numerous Israeli citizens feel Hamas solely is to blame for violating the truce. This belief threatens prompting demands for a stronger stance in Gaza.

Eventually – maybe sooner than expected – it will not be sufficient for all the president’s men to act as supervisors, telling Israel what to avoid. They will {have to|need