The willingness of Netanyahu to deal at the last moment under pressure from Trump – defying far-right members of his coalition including Itamar Ben Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich – has not been lost on Israeli commentators.
“I ask myself where did all the obstacles go?” wrote Ben Caspit in the Hebrew daily Ma’ariv. “All the conditions? All the ridiculous spins that were thrown out by the leader and were echoed by his mouthpieces?
“And what about the Philadelphi corridor [on the border with Egypt]? All of the obstacles that emerged at decisive moments in the negotiations, all of the statements that were issued, including several that were issued during the Sabbath, about how Israel would never leave, never stop, never surrender and never give in?”
Update: Hamas is now saying that Israel is stalling on implementing the next phase.
https://www.rfi.fr/en/international-news/20250208-israel-putting-gaza-ceasefire-at-risk-of-collapse-hamas-official-to-afp
Like I said, I don’t know that the ceasefire will collapse and “official” killing resume. The only thing I’m pretty confident of is that within six months, Palestinians will have resumed dying en masse in Gaza, either from resumed military attack or from starvation and disease or both, and that in general the arc of the genocide will bend even closer towards a rapid completion.