A week on into the Peace Deal and already it is looking to unravel as Israel and Hamas accuse each other of breaching the deal.
In the past week, Gaza journalists have accused Israel of committing 47 violations since the signing of the Peace deal, leaving 38 dead and 143 wounded with the violations ranging from direct shooting at civilians to deliberate shelling the media office said which included 9 killed in a van of women and children returning to their home in Northern Gaza which was targeted by Israeli military because they considered it 'suspicious'.
Today, Israel's military launched attacks in Rafah and killed 11 after it said its troops came under fire and Benjamin Netanyahu met the heads of his security forces and instructed them 'to act forcefully against terrorist targets in the Gaza Strip' which is chilling as previously Israel deigned everything as a terrorist target, including schools, hospitals and even people homes.
The security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, has declared that Hamas violating the ceasefire is a reason to reignite the fighting in Gaza which has led the White House to issue an order that Israel must: 'Respond proportionately but show restraint'.
As it all seems to be hanging by a thread during stage 1 of 20 is not a good sign which is why the Task Force from several Gulf nations needs to be hurried to the area, to stop Israel and Hamas from igniting things again.
The concern was that Netanyahu was reluctant to stop the offensive anyway, and just needed a reason to start it up again especially once the hostages were released while Hamas are looking to be removed from office once the peace deal progresses so they have no incentive to rush things which leaves behind a very explosive situation.
The deployment of a 4,000 strong international stabilization force which is to be led by Egyptian forces and included Azerbaijan, Turkey and Indonesian troops, is part two the Peace Plan and a draft resolution has been handed to the UN Security Council to vote on in the coming days and we can only hope that cool heads prevail long enough for Part 2 to be reached.
Considering the belligerents and what they both stand to lose if peace happens, Hamas their removal from Government and Netahyahu his freedom as he faces several court cases for corruption and bribery as well as his arrest for genocide, it may be worth keeping fingers crossed and hoping.