WSJ: Sinwar has told mediators he’s in no hurry to end the war, sees Israel becoming international pariah

Hamas expects a detailed written proposal of the truce deal Israel is offering, in line with the one presented by US President Joe Biden, Arab mediators tell The Wall Street Journal.

The paper says Hamas wants a deal that is unambiguous and will not allow Israel to resume the war after the release of hostages — which Jerusalem has said it will indeed do.

The Journal says that Hamas’s Gaza chief, in messages he has sent to Arab states’ mediators, has indicated that he “is in no hurry to end the war, believing that it is drawing Israel into a quagmire that is turning the country into an international pariah while reviving the Palestinian national cause.”

By contrast, the report says, Hamas’s political leaders in exile “are eager to end the war provided a deal guarantees the group’s survival and grants it a continued role in governing Gaza.”

The WSJ says Hamas feels time is on its side, with Israel increasingly suffering on the global stage.

The terror group is growing confident it can survive the Israeli offensive due to the growing international pressure over the IDF’s operation in Gaza, the report says.