Former Biden adviser says Netanyahu made 2024 Gaza deal ‘impossible’
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Phil Gordon, former national security adviser to US Vice President Kamala Harris, accused Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu of obstructing a 2024 hostage-ceasefire deal by imposing additional conditions that made the agreement "impossible" for six more months. The delay resulted in the deaths of nearly 9,000 Palestinians and additional Israeli hostages, including six executed by Hamas in August.
Phil Gordon, national security adviser to former US vice president Kamala Harris, has seconded allegations that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delayed a hostage-ceasefire deal in 2024.
Writing on X on Saturday, Gordon said Netanyahu added “so many of his own conditions” that the deal became “impossible for another six months”. He said nearly 9,000 more Palestinians were killed in that period, and more Israeli hostages died, including six executed by Hamas in August.
Gordon said the added Israeli demands included keeping forces along Gaza’s entire border with Egypt and a new mechanism to screen Gazans returning north. Both were dropped in the deal finally concluded in January 2025.
His comments follow a Channel 12 interview with Avi Gil, Netanyahu’s military secretary until May 2024, who alleged that Netanyahu passed up chances to bring hostages home alive because of the risk to his political career. Asked whether some could have been saved, he replied: “We could have.”
Gil also claimed Netanyahu was repeatedly warned before 7 October 2023, and that staff tampered with his phone records.
Writing on X on Saturday, Gordon said Netanyahu added “so many of his own conditions” that the deal became “impossible for another six months”. He said nearly 9,000 more Palestinians were killed in that period, and more Israeli hostages died, including six executed by Hamas in August.
Gordon said the added Israeli demands included keeping forces along Gaza’s entire border with Egypt and a new mechanism to screen Gazans returning north. Both were dropped in the deal finally concluded in January 2025.
His comments follow a Channel 12 interview with Avi Gil, Netanyahu’s military secretary until May 2024, who alleged that Netanyahu passed up chances to bring hostages home alive because of the risk to his political career. Asked whether some could have been saved, he replied: “We could have.”
Gil also claimed Netanyahu was repeatedly warned before 7 October 2023, and that staff tampered with his phone records.
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