Sinwar's growing fatalism, hope for regional war hampering hostage talks -- report

[Beastly Boy]

Citing unnamed US officials, the Times said Hamas has shown no willingness to engage in negotiations for a deal in recent weeks, bringing them to a virtual standstill. The officials reportedly suspect this stems from Sinwar growing more resigned to his fate as Israel closes in, and his anger at the killing of his Doha-based predecessor, Ismail Haniyeh, who had been Hamas’s lead negotiator.

Haniyeh, who was killed in a blast in Tehran in July, had been more inclined than Sinwar to reach a deal, and willing to push back on the Gaza-based terror chief’s more extreme demands, according to the Times. His death was blamed on Israel, which has not taken credit.

Meanwhile, US officials were cited as saying, Sinwar thinks a regional war would force Israel to scale back operations in Gaza — potentially precluding his need to release hostages to secure a ceasefire in the embattled Strip. However, Iran and Hezbollah’s apparent reluctance to launch an all-out war with Israel after October 7 was a sign of his miscalculation in launching the onslaught, according to the US officials quoted in the Times.

The newspaper quoted a senior US official saying Iran’s relative inaction over the past few months had conveyed to Sinwar that “the cavalry is not coming.”

https://www.timesofisrael.com/sinwars-growing-fatalism-hope-for-regional-war-hampering-hostage-talks-report/

[Mosby]

1. K and R

[Mosby]

2. He's hiding in the tunnels surrounded by hostages.

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Fucking coward.

[tritsofme]

3. A real freedom fighter, just like Nelson Mandela!