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Thhese days exhibit a very distinctive phenomenon: the first-ever US parade of the babysitters. Their qualifications differ in their skills and traits, but they all have the same mission – to avert an Israeli violation, or even devastation, of Gaza’s delicate ceasefire. After the war ended, there have been scant days without at least one of the former president's delegates on the scene. Only this past week included the likes of Jared Kushner, Steve Witkoff, JD Vance and a political figure – all arriving to perform their duties.

Israel engages them fully. In just a few days it initiated a wave of strikes in the region after the loss of two Israeli military soldiers – leading, as reported, in dozens of local fatalities. A number of ministers demanded a resumption of the fighting, and the Israeli parliament approved a initial decision to take over the West Bank. The American reaction was somehow ranging from “no” and “hell no.”

But in several ways, the Trump administration seems more focused on upholding the present, uneasy phase of the peace than on moving to the next: the rebuilding of the Gaza Strip. Regarding this, it seems the United States may have aspirations but few specific proposals.

Currently, it is unknown when the proposed international governing body will effectively assume control, and the same goes for the appointed military contingent – or even the makeup of its soldiers. On a recent day, a US official stated the US would not impose the membership of the international force on the Israeli government. But if the prime minister's cabinet continues to refuse multiple options – as it did with the Ankara's offer lately – what occurs next? There is also the opposite point: which party will establish whether the troops favoured by the Israelis are even prepared in the task?

The question of how long it will need to disarm the militant group is just as vague. “The aim in the leadership is that the multinational troops is going to now take the lead in demilitarizing Hamas,” said the official this week. “It’s going to take a period.” The former president further emphasized the uncertainty, declaring in an interview on Sunday that there is no “hard” deadline for the group to demilitarize. So, in theory, the unidentified members of this yet-to-be-formed international force could deploy to Gaza while Hamas members continue to hold power. Are they facing a administration or a insurgent group? Among the many of the issues emerging. Some might wonder what the verdict will be for ordinary Palestinians in the present situation, with Hamas carrying on to attack its own opponents and critics.

Latest events have yet again underscored the blind spots of local reporting on the two sides of the Gazan border. Each outlet attempts to examine each potential perspective of the group's breaches of the truce. And, typically, the situation that the organization has been hindering the repatriation of the bodies of slain Israeli captives has taken over the news.

By contrast, reporting of civilian casualties in the region stemming from Israeli strikes has garnered scant attention – or none. Consider the Israeli retaliatory attacks after a recent Rafah occurrence, in which a pair of troops were fatally wounded. While Gaza’s sources reported 44 deaths, Israeli television pundits criticised the “moderate answer,” which hit solely installations.

That is not new. During the past few days, the information bureau charged Israeli forces of infringing the ceasefire with Hamas 47 occasions since the truce was implemented, killing 38 Palestinians and wounding another 143. The assertion appeared unimportant to the majority of Israeli media outlets – it was just ignored. This applied to reports that eleven members of a Palestinian family were fatally shot by Israeli forces last Friday.

The emergency services said the family had been trying to return to their residence in the Zeitoun neighbourhood of Gaza City when the vehicle they were in was fired upon for reportedly crossing the “yellow line” that marks zones under Israeli army authority. That yellow line is not visible to the ordinary view and shows up solely on plans and in authoritative records – often not available to average people in the region.

Even this incident barely received a reference in Israeli news outlets. Channel 13 News covered it briefly on its online platform, quoting an IDF official who said that after a suspect vehicle was identified, troops fired alerting fire towards it, “but the car persisted to move toward the soldiers in a way that created an immediate risk to them. The soldiers opened fire to remove the risk, in compliance with the agreement.” Zero injuries were reported.

With such narrative, it is understandable numerous Israeli citizens think Hamas exclusively is to responsible for infringing the ceasefire. That view risks prompting appeals for a more aggressive strategy in Gaza.

Eventually – perhaps sooner than expected – it will not be enough for US envoys to play kindergarten teachers, telling Israel what to refrain from. They will {have to|need