Hamas will likely back away from its willingness for a five-year cease-fire with Israel which means that Israel's long-planned incursion into Rafah will start early this week, retired Lt. Col. Tony Shaffer, the president of Project Sentinel, told Newsmax on Sunday.
Hamas will likely back away from its willingness for a five-year cease-fire with Israel which means that Israel 's long-planned incursion into Rafah will start early this week, retired Lt. Col. Tony Shaffer , the president of Project Sentinel, told Newsmax on Sunday.
As a result, Shaffer said he forecasts that "you're going to see the ground operations commence probably no later than Tuesday this coming week going into Rafah." Shaffer, meanwhile, said he believes the information is designed to put pressure on the Israelis, but they will "shrug it off."
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