The United States is focused on tracking down Hamas’s Gaza chief, Yahya Sinwar, amid a new push by the White House to help Israel declare “total victory” so it can bring an end to the war on Gaza, US officials have told Middle East Eye.

On Monday, The Washington Post reported that the US was offering Israel new intelligence to help track Hamas leaders in exchange for Israel not launching the assault on Rafah.

That report was carried by some Israeli news outlets under the title: US withholding “sensitive intelligence” on Hamas from Israel. However, several current and former US and Arab diplomats, as well as defence and intelligence officials, told MEE it was highly unlikely the US would withhold information on Hamas from Israel.

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    271 month ago

    Yep. There has been nothing to indicate Israel gives a single shit about this guy.

    Biden: “What if we hunted down Yayah Sinwat?”

    Little Ben: “Who?”

    Biden: “The Hamas chief.”

    Little Ben: “Ooh, those guys. Yeah, yeah, yeah, sure.”

    Like a fiddle. Again. Even after Biden admitted he got played at the start already. He’s not great at seeing things that are so obvious to the rest of the world.

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      1 month ago

      It’s calling Netanyahu’s bluff. In the meantime, the IDF won’t be shelling the areas with US military presence.

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        U.S. military ground forces acting as human shields to protect Muslim civilians of another country does not exist as a Bingo square.