Donald Trump is willing to accept eruptions of brutal violence in Gaza provided they do not escalate into a full-scale war that torpedoes his peace deal, experts say.
Fighting is expected to continue in the Strip as the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas teeters on the brink following air strikes at the weekend.
Israel may now pursue a “regularised level of violence” in Gaza that nevertheless does not return to “out-and-out war”, suggests Dr HA Hellyer, a senior fellow at the Royal United Services Institute specialising in Middle East security.
“That’s what the Trump administration wants – there to be an absence of the war, and it will be willing to tolerate a certain level of violence,” added Dr Hellyer. New Feature
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