Ceasefire negotiations have cooled after Netanyahu assured that he will not accept any deal that would end the war in Gaza.
The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) assured this on Wednesday that will paralyze negotiations for a ceasefire and the release of hostages if Israel begins a ground operation against the city of Rafahin the south of the Gaza Strip.
“If the enemy carries out the Rafah operation, negotiations will stop because the resistance does not negotiate under fire. The enemy is trying to blackmail everyone with the Rafah battle,” he stated. Osama Hamdana high-ranking official in the Palestinian militia.
Following this, he emphasized that the various Palestinian militias fighting in the Gaza Strip are giving the Israeli army a “surprise” because of their “ability to resist,” and assured that these groups have entered a phase of “permanent confrontation.” ” ” with Israeli troops.
Hamdan also reported on the “continuous” communication between the leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Yahya Sinwar, and the head of its armed wing, the Ezzeldin al Qassam Brigades, Mohamed Deif, something that also occurs between different “axes of resistance” . , in reference to other Palestinian armed groups.
Netanyahu tells Blinken he will not accept a deal with Hamas that would end the war
The Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahuthe US Secretary of State assured: Anthony BlinkenThat will not accept an agreement that includes an end to the war in Gaza.
During the meeting between the two politicians, Netanyahu warned that if Hamas does not give up its demand for a permanent ceasefire, there will be no agreement of any kind and Israel will invade the city of Rafah.
One of the demands of the Palestinian group is that a second phase of the agreement for the release of hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisonersIsrael will commit to ending its offensive, something Netanyahu opposes, according to sources.
The Israeli proposal currently being studied by Hamas includes Israel’s intention to discuss “the return of lasting peace” in the Gaza Strip during a second phase of the deal, a formula that does not include an explicit commitment to end the war.
The new plan for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas calls for the release of all hostages held in Gaza, including military personnel and the dead, in return for Israel’s withdrawal from the enclave and the start of reconstruction.
The Lebanese newspaper Al Akhbar publishes what it says is the “text of the proposal” that Egypt presented to Hamas, which includes a pause in the fighting in three phases: For 124 daysin which a cessation of military operations would be applied in parallel with an increase in humanitarian aid for the people of Gaza.
Rafah stands on the edge as Hamas considers its response
The city of Rafah is preparing for a possible situation Israeli army ground invasion while the Palestinian group Hamas studies the latest ceasefire proposal from Cairo mediators.
They arrived in that part of the Gazan enclave well over a million displaced persons who are fleeing the war, who now live poorly and are often overcrowded in temporary tents, amid constant Israeli bombardments and the threat of having to give up everything again.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this Wednesday again insisted that the invasion of Rafah will happen anyway, a threat he has repeated since late February and which could not be carried out if a ceasefire is reached.
One of the main characters The United States is against this invasion.Israel’s most important military ally and its strong diplomatic support in international organizations and the UN Security Council.
Blinken warned Netanyahu and other Israeli leaders that an attack on Rafah would not only negatively impact negotiations to free the hostages in Gaza but also affect the normalization of relations with Saudi Arabia.
Israel reopens the Erez crossing
The Israeli army confirmed this on Wednesday reopening of Erezwhere they have already passed 30 trucks loaded with humanitarian aid from Jordan.
The army explained that military engineers had built a new border crossing to allow the passage of humanitarian aid, as the crossing was previously used only for human trafficking.
In a statement on Tuesday, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs said: Martin Griffithswarned that the relative improvement in the arrival of humanitarian aid to the Palestinian territory should not be used as a justification for an invasion of the southern Gaza Strip.
Source: EITB
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