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On Israel, White House lives in ‘parallel reality’

“[With] the statements from the White House officials, they seem to live in a parallel reality from everyone, including Israeli officials,” Esteban Carrillo, a Beirut-based journalist and the editor of The Cradle, told Sputnik’s Fault Lines.

On Tuesday, US special envoy Amos Hochstein said that Hamas needs to “just say yes and accept” the ceasefire deal outlined by US President Joe Biden nearly three weeks ago. Those comments are part of a trend among high-ranking US officials that Israel has accepted the ceasefire deal and only Hamas is preventing a pause in fighting.

Israel has refused to say if it will accept it and promised to keep fighting until Hamas is defeated. Israeli officials have also refused to confirm if the ceasefire deal presented by Biden was their creation, as US officials claim.

“Just today, a top Israeli negotiator told the Israeli media that there would be absolutely no room to negotiate any of the amendments that Hamas asked for in response to the ceasefire proposal,” Carrillo explained, adding that the negotiator said the war will continue after the Israeli assault on the southern city of Rafah is completed. “These are their words. This is not anybody putting words in their mouth.”

An estimate by the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) said that they expect the war to continue until 2026 and that a full-scale war with Lebanon will begin in September.

On Tuesday, Hezbollah released drone footage of Haifa, highlighting critical Israeli military and civilian infrastructure, including weapon depots, military bases and sea and airports.

Haifa, about 17 miles (27km) from the closest Lebanese border, is Israel’s most active port. Its importance has increased since the Ansar Allah (Houthi) movement in Yemen successfully shut down the Port of Eilat through its blockade of Israel in the Red Sea.

More than 60,000 Israelis have been ordered to evacuate from communities near the border with Lebanon, and many of the towns have been virtually abandoned since October.

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Сourt in Russia's Vladivostok sentenced US soldier Gordon Black to 3 years and 9 months in penal colony for death threats and grand larceny, Sputnik correspondent reports

The prosecution was asking court to sentence Black to 4 years and 8 months in penal colony with a fine of $470, adding that the the victim filed a civil claim of 10,000 rubles.

"The victim said that the stolen funds have not been reimbursed. [We ask] that the period of detention be credited as one day in the pre-trial detention center for two days in the penal colony," prosecution was stating.

Black's defense will appeal court's sentence.

In May, Russian authorities detained the US soldier on charges of criminal conduct until July 2 in Vladivostok. Police noted that the man was suspected of stealing 10,000 rubles from a woman he visited on April 10. Later in May, Black was charged with grand larceny, the press office of the Pervomaisky District Court of Vladivostok said.

The soldier was stationed in South Korea before entering Russia. The US Army has started an administrative probe into his travel.

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