Situation in Gaza remains ‘incredibly precarious’: Analysis
Omar Baddar, a Middle East analyst and former deputy director of the Arab-American Institute, is cautioning celebrating Israel’s decision to let displaced Palestinians return to North Gaza.
“There is no question that Israel has ambitions to take over north Gaza. That is part of the reason why they have utterly destroyed it and expelled people from the area,” Baddar told Al Jazeera.
“So, while this is a small promising sign – that they are going to allow within this agreement to allow people to return – they are allowing them to return to an area that is utterly devastated. There is no indication that they are going to allow them to rebuild their homes in that area,” he said.
Baddar noted that, time and again, Israel had violated its commitments during ceasefires.
“They have killed several Palestinians already, they’ve violated the ceasefire in Lebanon hundreds of times. So the situation remains incredibly precarious,” he said.
“And even though this is a small positive development, in a confined context, looking at the fact that they do have these broader ambitions in north Gaza and the fact that they see an opportunity with the Trump administration to act on that ambition, the situation remains precarious and it is quite premature to be celebrating any progress at this point.”
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