As the highly-anticipated, 4-day truce deal, during which Hamas is set to release up to 50 Israeli hostages, began Friday, Israeli authorities are facing "difficult days" ahead where decisions on whether to pursue the war against Hamas or secure the release of the remaining hostages, Dr. Arik Rudnitzky from the Konrad Adenauer Program for Jewish-Arab cooperation at Tel Aviv University said. "The Israeli government cannot disregard the external pressure with regards to the humanitarian crisis," Rudnitzky said.
