Ten months after the start of the conflict in Gaza, US Secretary of State, Antony Blinkenwill travel to Israel this weekend to boost a agreement of ceasefirein negotiations mediated with Egypt and Qatar.
The United States has been trying for some time, without success, to reach a peace agreement in Gaza. In a new attempt, Blinken will travel on Saturday to try to “conclude an agreement on a ceasefire and the release of hostages and prisoners” between Israel and the Palestinian movement Hamasthe State Department said in a statement.
The situation is not easy. Negotiations have stalled and cross-attacks between Israel and Hamas and its allies are constant.; there are even fears that the conflict will spread to other countries in the region such as Lebanon and Iran. The assassination of the Hamas leader Ismail Haniya at the hands of Israel while he was in the Iranian capital of Tehran did not help. Nor did the cross-fire, including missile attacks, between Israel and the Lebanese organization Hezbollah.
Netanyahu urges mediators to pressure Hamas to reach Gaza truce deal
In this complex scenario, the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahuplaced the responsibility for the failure to reach a peace agreement on Hamas. On Friday he urged the three countries to pressure the Palestinian organisation to accept the type of truce proposed by the United States.
“Israel hopes that the pressure [de los mediadores] lead Hamas to accept“ the plan proposed at the end of May by US President Joe BidenNetanyahu said in a statement. In parallel, Israel ordered new evacuations of towns in Gaza on Friday, one in northern Khan Yunis and another in eastern Deir al Balah, the first in this city.
Joe Biden’s plan for a Hamas-Israel truce in Gaza
The American President’s plan Joe Biden, which at the time was attributed to Israel, consists of three phases, with a view to “a lasting ceasefire and the release of all hostages.”
The ceasefire, according to Biden’s plan, It would last six weeks in principle.. During that time, Israeli forces would withdraw from populated areas of Gaza.
In the second phase of the plan, They would return all the remaining hostages aliveincluding those soldiers who are being held. In parallel, humanitarian aid would be increased. The third phase would focus on a Gaza reconstruction project.
In May, when the plan was presented, Biden was very optimistic and assured that the announced proposal is an agreement “that bring all the hostages home, guarantees Israel’s securitycreates A better life in Gaza without Hamas in power and sets the stage for a political agreement that provides a better future for Israelis and Palestinians alike.” However, there has been no progress since then.
Hamas, in power in the Gaza Strip since 2007, says mediators They must “force the occupier [israelí] to apply [ese plan]instead of conducting further negotiations or presenting new proposals that would serve as cover for the aggression of the ‘occupation’.”
Gaza: Israeli attack leaves 93 dead in school
The Islamist movement cites the Israeli bombing who on Saturday killed, according to the Gaza Civil Defense, 93 Palestiniansincluding women and children, in a school that housed displaced people, causing a wave of international protests.
He The Israeli army said the facility served as a base for Hamas. and the Islamic Jihad (another Palestinian armed movement) to “carry out attacks” against its soldiers and claimed that in that operation it killed “at least 19 terrorists.”
Gaza City school bombings among deadliest since the armed conflict began after the Hamas attack on Israeli soil on October 7 that left thousands of victims. more than ten months of warthe military offensive of Israel killed more than 39,600 Palestinians and left more than 91,700 injured, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health.
Source: Ambito
