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Israel is engaged in a multi-front war against Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, and the Houthis, asserting that it did not initiate the conflict. The Israeli government maintains that Hamas’s refusal to release hostages and its rejection of ceasefire offers from the U.S. and Israel prolongs the violence. Steven Witoff, a special envoy for President Donald Trump, indicated that Hamas is acting in bad faith, with no genuine desire for peace or negotiations, and that alternative strategies are being considered to bring hostages home and stabilize Gaza.