The partial withdrawal was completed on the afternoon of October 10, according to an IDF statement, which said its troops remain ready to face any threat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAs of 12:00 p.m., IDF troops have been deployed to the new deployment lines, based on the outline of the ceasefire agreement and the return of the hostages. IDF troops in the Southern Command have been deployed to the area and will continue to operate to eliminate any immediate threat,\u201d the Israeli military said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The US special envoy for the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, later announced that US Central Command had confirmed that the IDF had completed its withdrawal. Within 72 hours, by October 13, Hamas is to release the hostages it is holding, starting with the 20 believed to be alive.<\/p>\n\n\n
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US Military Involvement in the Middle East – Trump’s Hidden Guarantee to Hamas<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Trump provided a personal guarantee that Israel would not resume military operations in Gaza after reaching an agreement with Hamas, Axios reports, citing sources in the US administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As negotiations for the peace agreement neared completion, Trump reportedly assured that he would not allow Israel to withdraw from the agreement and continue the war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to officials, Trump’s guarantees include the creation of a US-led military team, whose mission will be to monitor the ceasefire and respond to any violations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the same sources, it was precisely these assurances from the US president that convinced Hamas to accept the terms of the agreement. Trump had previously announced that Israel and Hamas had signed the first part of the proposed peace plan, which includes the withdrawal of Israeli troops to agreed borders and the rapid release of hostages held in the area. However, it is doubtful whether the US military team will be able to convince the IDF to refrain from any military action in the near future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gaza ceasefire a bloody fiasco<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The agreement for the return of Israeli hostages, which also includes the partial withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza, is a significant move on a humanitarian level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, from a political and strategic perspective, this agreement reveals Israel\u2019s inability to achieve a viable and comprehensive strategic goal. Israel\u2019s failure to destroy Hamas and impose a regime of complete strategic dominance in the region makes this withdrawal a necessity rather than a choice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The fact that the agreement does not include the complete elimination of Hamas but is limited to humanitarian issues such as the return of the hostages shows that Israel, despite its military successes, has failed to achieve its goals on a political and strategic level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This limitation on the first phase of the agreement reinforces the image of Israel in a political deadlock, without a real exit strategy from the conflict. The question remains: what comes after this agreement?<\/p>\n\n\n\n The indications are that the second phase of the agreement, which concerns the political solution of the Gaza and Palestinian issues, remains unclear and has not led to concrete results. Moreover, the withdrawal of Israeli forces does not guarantee that Hamas or other powerful actors in the region will not return to aggressive actions in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Strategic Mistakes and Self-Trapping<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Israel\u2019s strategy for Gaza in recent years appears to have been based on a series of strategic mistakes and misunderstandings. Israel believed it had found an \u201ceasy\u201d solution to stability in Gaza through its deal with Qatar, which financed Gaza\u2019s economy, hoping that Hamas would shift toward governance and away from armed resistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This tactic, which resulted in a lull of about ten years, made Israel complacent and not pay due attention to signs of Hamas\u2019s restructuring of strategy and the reactivation of its military arm. The failure to take Hamas\u2019s signals seriously and to respond strategically in a timely manner led to Israel\u2019s strategic failure to prevent the scale of the October 7, 2023 attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Israel\u2019s choice to underestimate the organization\u2019s armed capabilities proved disastrous, as Hamas managed to surprise Israel and inflict extensive casualties and damage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Contradiction in Israeli strategies and on the domestic political front<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Israel\u2019s strategy, as reflected in its political goal of \u201ctotally eliminating Hamas,\u201d may prove contradictory to Israel\u2019s own declarations and actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On the one hand, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the right-wing government seek a decisive victory, the complete destruction of Hamas and the elimination of its political and military potential. On the other hand, the need for an agreed ceasefire plan, with a limitation of military action and the return of hostages, may indicate that Israel\u2019s goals cannot be achieved without significant compromises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Internal opposition to the government, mainly from the hard right, which continues to insist on the complete destruction of Hamas may weaken Israel\u2019s political position and complicate the process of a peaceful resolution.<\/p>\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n US influence and international pressure<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n US involvement under Donald Trump was crucial to the adoption of the ceasefire agreement. Washington\u2019s pressure, especially after Israel\u2019s move to attack the Hamas leadership in Qatar, appears to be forcing Israel to accept compromises it was previously unwilling to accept.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Trump administration\u2019s commitment that \u201cno one will be forced to leave Gaza\u201d and the assurance that Israel will not annex or expel Palestinians were important points that secured the agreement\u2019s acceptance. However, the future of the agreement and its implementation remain uncertain, as Israel\u2019s hard right continues to reject the idea of \u200b\u200bany political solution that involves concessions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Domestic Disappointment<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The war in Gaza has confronted Israel with serious strategic and political failures. The country seems to be in a vicious circle, where military successes and humanitarian concessions do not lead to a meaningful political solution to the conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The ceasefire agreement, with its unclear conditions and contradictions within the Israeli political scene, reflects this weakness and strategic uncertainty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The need for a new political strategy, which will promote a sustainable dialogue and a real solution for the Palestinians, is more urgent than ever. Israel seems to remain locked into strategies that do not respond to the real needs of the region, resulting in continued political isolation and tensions with its neighbors. Without a radical revision of this strategy, the peace process and the security of the region remain in doubt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The conflict in Gaza, with its recent developments and the agreed-upon ceasefire plan, continues to expose Israel\u2019s strategic failures and political impasses, as well…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26390,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,834],"tags":[2399,655,4751,1372,7194,153,1040,70],"class_list":["post-26389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-geopolitical","category-middle-east-geopolitical","tag-benjamin-netanyahu","tag-donald-trump","tag-gaza","tag-hamas","tag-idf","tag-israel","tag-middle-east","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26389"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26389\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26394,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26389\/revisions\/26394"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/26390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-53.png\")
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