Hamas says it agreed to the formation of an independent national administration made up of technocrats to run the Gaza Strip, and it is ready for a comprehensive truce agreement with Israel. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office rejected Hamas’s statement saying “the war can end immediately” on the conditions set by the Israeli cabinet, which includes the release of all Israeli captives and the Palestinian group’s disarmament. Alon Pinkas, a former Israeli diplomat, said the Israeli government does not grasp the “severity” of the long-term diplomatic isolation it is facing from its war on Gaza, but the international pressure is not really affecting the government at the moment.
