Unlike the Israeli military, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government has not launched a comprehensive commission to review the failures of Oct. 7, 2023.

Mousa Abu Marzouk, the head of Hamas’s foreign relations office, said he would not have supported such an attack on Israel had he known of the devastation it would wreak on Gaza.

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Negotiations between Israel and Hamas on the next phase of the Gaza ceasefire began Thursday in the Egyptian capital, Egypt said, averting a collapse of the agreement ahead of Saturday’s expiration of the first phase.

Mediators were also trying to discuss different ways to enhance humanitarian aid delivery to the Gaza Strip to “alleviate the suffering of the population and support stability in the region”.

Hours before the talks, an Israeli official confirmed that Israel would not withdraw from the strategic Philadelphi corridor on Gaza’s border with Egypt as required by the ceasefire. The corridor, essential for preventing weapons smuggling,