Reuters is confirming new significant strikes on Gaza just as Washington unveiled that a tentative peace deal with Iran has been “largely negotiated” and is at the goal line: Israeli strikes killed at least three Palestinians in Gaza on Sunday, including two members of the Hamas-run police force, health officials said, in violence that underscored the fragility of a U.S.-brokered ceasefire. Medics said an Israeli airstrike killed one person and wounded two others in the Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza. The development is being met with accusations that Israel could be trying to sabotage what it may see as a ‘bad deal’ with Tehran. All of this has been met with polarized and mixed reaction across the political spectrum: Ted Cruz not happy... Pro-Israel hawks not happy either... President Trump has now posted that an Iran peace agreement has been “largely negotiated” and is “subject to finalization” between the United States, Iran, and the regional governments involved in the talks. Trump said he remains in the Oval Office after what he described as a “very good call” with leaders from Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt, Jordan and Bahrain, focused on a Memorandum of Understanding pertaining to “PEACE.” He also said he separately spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin [...]
