American Foreign Policy Analyst and anti-war commentator Scott Horton said that the new Israel-Hamas peace deal may be an effort by President Donald Trump to help Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is “not really getting anywhere” on his objective of destroying Hamas.

US President Trump on Wednesday announced that Israel and Hamas had agreed to the first phase of a peace plan, which would end the war in Gaza with a ceasefire and return of hostages. It comes two years after the Hamas fighters crossed Gaza on October 7, 2023, and killed nearly 1,200 people in Israel, and took over 250 people as hostage. In Israel’s counterattack since then, more than 67,000 people have died in Gaza.

In an interview with ANI, the analyst said, “They have signed on to at least the first step here

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