Gaza ceasefire building blocks slowly being assembled
The fighting in the Gaza Strip continues with more than 100 targets hit in the past day, but beneath the hellfire, the building blocks for a ceasefire are slowly being put into place.
Late on Wednesday evening, for the first time since the war started, a senior Israeli minister outlined proposals for the future of Gaza once the fighting stops.
A convoy of Israeli troops moves in the Gaza Strip as seen from southern Israel on Thursday.Credit: AP
The four-point plan, presented to the Israeli cabinet by Defence Minister Yoav Gallant is the third in a series of little-reported initiatives that seem positive.
It follows a three-point plan for peace proposed by Egypt on Christmas Eve and the announcement this week that the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) has started withdrawing troops from Gaza.
The three initiatives are not formally linked but they have an uncanny symmetry.
Gallant’s piece of the jigsaw was presented shortly before US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in the region on Friday, for the fourth time since October 7.
An Israeli tank moves along the Israel Gaza border on Thursday.Credit:........
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