“A lot of uncertainty” remains on 2nd phase of Israel-Hamas peace deal: analyst

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChLtXXpo4Ge1ReTEboVvTDg https://ift.tt/MIYwsaX Positivity is ringing out across not just the Middle East, but the entire world, after the Palestinian militant group Hamas released the remaining 20 living Israeli hostages – held in captivity for just over two years – on Monday. The act was matched with the release of roughly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners in Israel and marked the crux of the first phase of a peace agreement between Israel and Hamas, who had been at war in Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023. Currently, a ceasefire is in effect in the Gaza Strip, but uncertainty remains about a potential second phase of the U.S.-brokered deal. Though he sees the hostage-prisoner exchange and ceasefire as a positive for the Middle East, Anwar Sadat, a professor at the University of Maryland and senior fellow at Brookings Institution, expressed concern that a second phase may not happen at all, and that Israel could resume its bombardment of Gaza. For more info, please go to https://ift.tt/pLCXTBP Subscribe to Global News Channel HERE: http://bit.ly/20fcXDc Like Global News on Facebook HERE: http://bit.ly/255GMJQ Follow Global News on X HERE: http://bit.ly/1Toz8mt Follow Global News on Instagram HERE: https://bit.ly/2QZaZIB #GlobalNews #IsraelHamasWar #Peace #MiddleEast