Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that there was a “last-minute crisis” with Hamas holding up Israel's agreement to a long-awaited ceasefire that would end the fighting in the Gaza Strip and release dozens of enemies. It was still unclear whether Netanyahu's statements simply reflected jockeying to keep his fractious coalition together or whether the deal was in jeopardy. For a deeper analysis and perspective, FRANCE 24's Carys Garland welcomes Jean-Loup Samaan, Author, Senior Research Fellow at the Middle East Institute at the National University of Singapore, Senior Non-Resident Fellow at the Council Atlantic and Associate Researcher at the Institut Montaigne.
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