Very dangerous details

Details are important, relevant, even crucial to achieving the intended objectives. For example, the end of the war between Israel and Hamas and the assertion that a new era has dawned in the Middle East.

Let's see, because the road is not over until the last metre is travelled and the race is not won until the cyclist crosses the finish line. In football, goals in injury time change everything.

In the military arena, nothing is conquered until the infantry arrives, plants the flag and removes the obstacles. Many experts expressed their hope for peace in Gaza, but also their scepticism about the complexity of implementing the peace plan.

Donald Trump's broad strokes, when he declares that the war in Gaza is over, have a clear objective: to pressure and force the parties to accept a solution with the agreed conditions, period. Turn the page and move on to something else. Now Ukraine.

But it's not that easy. This was evident on the same day as the pompous signing of the agreement in Egypt, following Trump's peculiar speech to the Israeli parliament, reminiscent of his days on television. He bets everything on everything and sells it as personal success, disqualifying those who have not given him the Nobel Peace Prize.

This is his well-known populist role, and it is working for him, but behind the scenes is the work of his team, which is busy fine-tuning the details to prevent the agreements from derailing. These are very dangerous details because in the Middle East, in Israel, in Gaza, even in the United States, there are many who have a vested interest in the war continuing. For many and substantial reasons.

At the moment, the bodies of 19 Israeli hostages have yet to be handed over because Hamas says it does not have the means to extract them from the rubble and does not know exactly where they might be. This version is not very credible, and the interpretation is that it is using it to continue pressuring Israel, while, incidentally, Hamas terrorists publicly execute Palestinians accused of collaborating with Israel.

Hamas accuses Israel of having tortured and murdered in cold blood several Palestinians because of the marks on the bodies handed over. The atmosphere is tense because the entry of humanitarian aid into the Strip is being rationed, while in Israel the far right is demanding the resumption of attacks.

The details of the first phase of the agreement may prevent the second phase from even getting off the ground. At least, if Hamas continues to control the streets of Gaza and kill Palestinian opponents.