The Islamist group Hamas assured that he is “willing” to agree to a truce in the Gaza Strip and urged US President-elect Donald Trump to put pressure on Israel. The Islamist group’s message comes after an Israeli bombing hit the Palestinian territory of Beirut this Friday.
“Hamas is ready to reach a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, in the event that a proposal is submitted and on the condition that (Israel) respects it“, said Basem Naimhead of the political office of the Islamist movement to AFP. Naim also asked the future Trump administration, which will take office in January, “put pressure on the Israeli government to stop the aggression” in Gaza.
Hamas expressed “willingness” to a truce in Gaza and asks Trump to “put pressure” on Israel
“Hamas informed the mediators that“and is in favor of any proposal that leads to a definitive ceasefire.”Naim said. And he also added “the military withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, allowing the return of the displaced, a serious agreement to exchange prisoners, the entry of humanitarian aid and reconstruction.”
The negotiations are stalled, to the point that Qatar announced that it was suspending its mediation between Israel and Hamas. Trump’s recent re-election could give rise to a new dynamic in the conflict. The president-elect promised to restore peace to the region.
Hostage taking and new bombings
Islamic Jihada Hamas-allied group that participated in the October 7 attack, released on Friday a video of one of the Israeli hostages held captive in Gaza. In the video, a man who identifies himself as Sasha Trupanov, urges to press for his release and that of the other hostages.
Since the conflict began, there has only been one truce that allowed the release of more than 100 hostages, at the end of November 2023. Israeli military operations plunged the Gaza Strip into a serious humanitarian crisis and its inhabitants survive in the midst of the devastation.
At the same time, since the end of September, Israel has been waging an open war in Lebanon against the Islamist movement. Hezbollahan ally of Hamas. Israel’s objective, as explained by the authorities, is allow the return of 60,000 inhabitants of the north of the countrydisplaced by the incessant rocket fire of the pro-Iran movement against Israeli territory for more than a year.
He also indicated that sirens had sounded in northern Israel, particularly in Haifa Bay, stating that he had intercepted “two projectiles” coming from Lebanon. More than 3,300 people have died in Lebanon since September 23, most of them civilians, according to that country’s Ministry of Health.
Israeli bombings in Lebanon
A new series of bombings hit the suburbs of Beirut on Friday, capital of Lebanon, according to the Lebanese National Information Agency (ANI). The Israeli army claimed it had attacked “command centers” of Hezbollah’s elite unit, Al Radwan, in the area of Nabatiyeh.
It was one of several airstrikes on Friday morning and hit near the intersection of Tayunehin an area where Hezbollah-controlled southern suburbs meet other parts of the city, a more central target than most of those Israel has attacked.
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