Shortly before the end of the ceasefire in the Gaza war, which has already been extended, intensive negotiations are currently underway for a further extension. The situation is complicated, but he is optimistic about a possible extension, according to the radical Islamic terrorist organization Hamas. However, Israel rejects a definitive end to the fighting, as urged by UN Secretary General António Guterres.
“Anyone who supports a ceasefire fundamentally supports Hamas’s continued reign of terror in Gaza,” Israeli Ambassador Gilad Erdan told the UN Security Council in New York on Wednesday. Israel cannot protect its citizens with a ceasefire.
Israel: “Hamas is not a partner for reliable peace”
You cannot call for a ceasefire and at the same time claim that you are looking for a solution to the conflict. The militant Hamas is not a partner for a reliable peace. “Don’t you see the contradiction here – that the demand for a ceasefire and peace is a paradox?” Erdan continued. The violence can only end if Hamas hands over all hostages and all terrorists involved in the attack on Israel on October 7.
Guterres said: “The people of Gaza are in the middle of an epic humanitarian catastrophe before the eyes of the world. We must not look away. In just a few weeks, Israeli military operations in Gaza have killed far more children than the total number of children killed by any side in the conflict in the years since I became Secretary General.”
Four out of five people in Gaza have been driven from their homes. Also, 111 UN staff were killed by Israeli strikes – the highest number of casualties the United Nations has ever had, Guterres lamented.
“Existential threat” to the Palestinians
Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki told the Security Council meeting that the Palestinian people face an “existential threat” in the conflict. “Israel has no right to self-defense against a people it occupies,” al-Maliki said.
Source: Krone
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