Dave Davies

We're going to take another break here.

Let me reintroduce you.

We are speaking with Aaron David Miller.

He's a former State Department negotiator, currently a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

We'll talk more about the Gaza ceasefire and prospects for the region after this break.

I'm Dave Davies, and this is Fresh Air.

So let's talk about what's going to happen next.

I mean this is, as you say, not a comprehensive peace agreement but an important, meaningful step.

A lot of humanitarian aid can come in now.

I mean we've already seen chaotic footage of boxes of food being tossed off flatbed trucks.

What's your sense of how this can be funded, organized and effective?

You know, in terms of the immediate situation, I mean, we've seen Hamas fighters emerging in some places, patrolling intersections, getting in gun battles.

And it was interesting that on Monday in Egypt, I believe, Trump was asked about Hamas doing these policing activities.

The U.S.

was giving them temporary approval.

He said, quote, they've been open about it and we gave them approval for a period of time, unquote.

That's kind of remarkable.

You're saying that Trump might have to deal with the Hamas officials that are outside of Gaza.

Do they have a different perspective from those who are actually on the ground?

Let's talk a bit about the role of the Gulf states, particularly Qatar, these states that are on the western end of the Persian Gulf.