According to reports, the ceasefire in the enclave would last 40 days and 40 Israeli hostages would be released in exchange for the release of 404 Palestinian prisoners.
Hamas official’s press conference
At a press conference in Lebanon, Hamas official Osama Hamdan He noted that the Islamist group will not agree to maintain negotiations if the attacks continue: “We will not allow the path of negotiations to be open indefinitely while the aggression and organized famine against our people continue.”
In this sense, he expressed the importance of agreeing to a cessation of the attacks. “The enemy will not obtain through the negotiating table what he has failed to obtain on the battlefield. The security of our people can only be guaranteed with a permanent ceasefire, an end to the aggression and a withdrawal from every square centimeter of the Gaza Strip,” he said.
Hamdan’s sayings were carried out while Egypt, Qatar and USA They have been working as mediators for weeks to try to achieve a truce in the war, which would especially lead to the release of Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinians detained in Israel.
For his part, the president of the United States, Joe Biden, noted that a ceasefire in the conflict “is in the hands of Hamas.” The North American country asked the Islamist group to accept an “immediate ceasefire” with Israel.
Israel admitted deliberately shooting Palestinian civilians waiting for humanitarian aid
As the war in the Middle East continues, Israel admitted deliberately shooting Palestinian civilians waiting for humanitarian aid. Troops opened fire on dozens of people who rushed onto food trucks. At least 104 were killed and another 760 injured.
Initially the Israeli Army pointed out that the majority of civilian deaths occurred due to a stampede while trucks with humanitarian aid tried to make their way through the refugees. Although they also admitted that they fired on another group of people and wounded 10 of them.
In a video that was shared in different international media, you can see how the trucks are surrounded by hundreds of people trying to obtain food, after passing a military checkpoint. He Gaza Health Ministry Ashraf al-Qidra reported that 104 Palestinians were killed and another 760 wounded.
Hamas accused the Israeli Army of all the deaths and of having committed a “massacre”. Egypt and Jordan echoed this version and spoke of an “inhumane” and “brutal” attack and a “shameful” violation of international law by their neighbor Israel.
Source: Ambito
