Analysts: For these reasons, Washington is optimistic about the possibility of reaching an agreement between Hamas and Israel. US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken spoke about possibility of agreement between the two parties and providing an appropriate basis for continued negotiation.
Dr. Bilal Al-Shobaki expects that the Israeli War Council meeting - which discusses Hamas' response - will come out with a more stringent formula, in an attempt to prove that Israel still has the upper hand. Former US State Department diplomat Charles Dunn believes that the justification for Washington's optimism is the arrival of a Hamas delegation to Cairo to continue negotiations.