It is planned that the negotiations for a ceasefire in Gaza HE resume on sunday in CairoTwo Egyptian security sources reported this Saturday. The parties have agreed on the duration of a truce in Gazaas well as the release of hostages and prisonersthey said, but there is still a agreement on the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the north of Loop and the return of its residents.
Sources said Thursday’s incident, in which more than 100 Palestinians who were looking for help killed by Israeli gunfireaccording to the Gazan authorities, had not slowed down the talks, but rather had pushed the negotiators to rush to preserve progress.
“I am horrified by reports of new carnage of civilians in Gaza who were desperately seeking humanitarian aid,” Borrell posted. on the social network X. “These deaths are totally unacceptable,” he added.
Israeli soldiers opened fire on hungry crowds on Thursday that pounced on a humanitarian aid convoy, killing more than 110 Palestinians, according to the Hamas-ruled Gaza Health Ministry.
More than 30,000 Palestinians have died since the start of the war with Israel
The drama, which took place in Gaza Cityoccurred on the day when the number of deaths in the Stripe exceeded the 30,000 since the start of the waraccording to the same source.
The Israeli Prime Minister’s Office, Benjamin Netanyahu stated that many of the deceased were crushed by the trucks when they were “overwhelmed by people trying to loot” the convoy.
The Security Council of United Nations will meet urgently to address the incident, described as a “massacre” by the Ministry of Health of the Palestinian enclave.
The Secretary of Defense of the United States, Lloyd Austin He stated in turn that More than 25,000 Palestinian women and children died in Gaza since October 7, when the conflict broke out after a bloody incursion carried out by Islamist commandos in southern Israel.
The episode reduces hopes that Israel and the Palestinian Islamist movement will agree to a truce in the coming days.
The president of United States, Joe Biden, which this week evoked the possibility of an agreement before Monday, admitted Thursday that that deadline “probably” will not be met.
USA examine the “contradictory versions” of the drama, reported Biden.
State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller, indicated that demanded “answers” from Israel and described the situation in Gaza as “desperate.”
The boss of the United Nations Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) pointed out that no agency of the UN He participated in the distribution of aid. Was “another day of hell”he described.
Source: Ambito
