The new round of talks to reach a comprehensive ceasefire in the Gaza Strip has begun in Cairo with the participation of delegations from Egypt, Qatar, the United States, Hamas and Israel.
Hamas representative Osama Hamdansaid at a press conference in Beirut, Lebanon, that if Israel’s military aggression in Rafah continues, there will be no ceasefire agreement.
“We confirm that the military operation in Rafah, if carried out by Israel, it won’t be a picnic for the Israeli army), Hamdan warned.
‘The ball is in Netanyahu’s court’he added, saying that the latest ceasefire proposal that Hamas has accepted “represents the minimum that meets the demands of our people and our resistance.”
The new round of talks to reach a comprehensive ceasefire in the Gaza Strip began this Tuesday in Cairo with the participation of delegations from Egypt, Qatar, United States, Hamas and IsraelThis was reported by the Egyptian state television Al Qahera News.
The network, which is very close to the North African country’s intelligence services, has indicated, citing an anonymous high-level security source, that these delegations have begun consultations “to complete discussions aimed at reaching a comprehensive ceasefire in Gaza to come.”
The source added that the Egyptians are making “intensive efforts” to “control the situation” in Gaza, after the Israeli army this morning seized control of the Palestinian side of the Rafah crossing, which connects the Gaza Strip with the Sinai Peninsula connects, takes over. In that sense, “the Rafah crossing was and remains a purely Egyptian-Palestinian border crossing,” Hamdan said.
Similarly, he indicated that Egypt “warned of the negative consequences of cutting off humanitarian aid” to Gaza, especially through Rafah, as this is the border through which the largest amount of aid arrives for the Palestinians.
Hamas accepted a proposal on Monday Egypt and Qatar for a three-phase ceasefire with Israel, including a ceasefire and an exchange of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons.
The Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahusaid Tuesday that Hamas’s announcement “attempted to torpedo Israeli forces’ access to Rafah,” while Israel’s Defense Minister, Yoav Galanthas assured that the operation will not stop until Hamas is completely eliminated from the area.
Source: EITB
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