…. Former Shin Bet chief: ‘Military campaign in Gaza has reached its limit’ 

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A senior Hamas source has told Al Jazeera the group is sending a delegation to Cairo on Sunday for ceasefire talks.Hamas says its demands include a permanent ceasefire, the withdrawal of the Israeli army from Gaza and the return of the displaced people to their homes, among others.

Israeli forces detain 45 Palestinians in occupied West BankAccording to the PA Commission for Detainees Affairs, the detentions included three women and former prisoners.In a statement, the commission said that the detentions were carried out mostly in occupied East Jerusalem “as worshippers left the Al Aqsa Mosque” while the rest were detained in Hebron, Jenin, Nablus, Tourism Ramallah, Jericho and Tulkarem.“Since October 7, more than 8,080 Palestinians in total have been detained,” said the commission.

Former Shin Bet chief: ‘Military campaign in Gaza has reached its limit’ 

Israeli newspaper Haaretz reports that the former Shin Bet chief Ami Ayalon has stated that “the military campaign in Gaza has reached its limit” during a demonstration in Haifa in northern Israel.Israel’s Shin Bet, or Shabak as it is known in both Hebrewand Arabic, is the internal intelligence service and one of the three branches of the Israeli General Security Service.“Our soldiers are forced to re-occupy places that were occupied a few weeks ago, and become police forces for a population full of rage and hatred. They are forced to kill hungry civilians who attack them when they are protecting humanitarian aid convoys,” Ayalon said.He called for Hamas to be defeated “with a combination of a political process that will lead to a moderate regional coalition under American and Saudi leadership”.He is quoted as saying such a coalition would require “a process leading to a historic compromise with the Palestinian people”.Haaretz stated that Ayalon called Netanyahu’s decision not to discuss “the day after” the war a disaster, adding, “Without a political goal, the war becomes a continuous battle that no one knows the end of.”

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