Trump backs off plan to restart Iran attacks

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : Iran's defense minister said on X that the country was "neither surprised nor passive" after Trump's announcement and said Iran remains alert in the face of threats from the U.S. While Iran's leaders appear united in a war strategy signaling strength and endurance, a struggle for control seems to be brewing within the theocracy's leadership between those who oppose all negotiations with the U.S. and others who count on military pressure to win at the negotiating table.
49% : Spielman told The Associated Press that Israel's intelligence assessment is that Hamas remains committed to rebuilding its military rather than genuinely demilitarizing.
49% : "Our assessment is that if we redeploy before Hamas is truly disarmed, it will quickly expand its presence throughout Gaza, rebuild its terrorist infrastructure, once again threaten Israeli communities and seek to carry out another Oct. 7-style attack," he said, referring to the Hamas militant attack on Israel in 2023 that triggered the war in the Gaza Strip. "Disarming means physically giving up the weapons.
38% : " ISRAEL-HAMAS DEAL Israel has shared "serious security concerns" with the White House regarding the proposed disarmament deal with Hamas, an Israeli official said as Israeli strikes overnight and into Sunday evening killed at least 17 people, including children, in Gaza.
37% : Israel did not publicly comment on the announcement.
25% : Trump said Israel is joining his commitment to end the war by implementing the ceasefire deal reached in June.
17% : Trump has announced halts to strikes on Iran on several occasions since the United States and Israel attacked Iran on Feb. 28, only for things to unravel and fighting to resume again.

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