⭕️ Barak Ravid claims in a report for Axios that the US is scrambling to contain Israel’s response and prevent the collapse of the ceasefire after the Rafah incident last Sunday. Washington urged Israel to act “proportionately,” avoid a wider escalation, and focus on isolating Hamas rather than resuming the war.

US officials say the next 30 days are critical, with Washington set to tighten control over the deal’s implementation. The plan includes stabilizing the ceasefire, regulating aid deliveries, recovering the bodies of Israeli captives, deploying an international stabilization force, and advancing efforts to disarm Hamas and build a “New Rafah” as a model for post-war Gaza.

“We are now in charge of what’s going on in Gaza,” a US official told Axios.