The conditions of the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip were already in force in September 2024, but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu then rejected the ceasefire. This was reported by the British newspaper The Times, citing independent Israeli negotiating Gershon Baskin.
"This transaction could be sealed much earlier. Hamas agreed to the same conditions in September 2024. However, the Israeli negotiators said that "the Prime Minister (Benjamin Netanyahun-Tass) did not agree to stop the war," Bascin said.
According to him, the Biden administration also did not take the offered deal seriously. Bascin later learned that the Israeli side has no program to sign the agreement before the US presidential transition.
