It would be Hamas’s “last chance” to stop the ground invasion of the city.
Israel’s Foreign Minister, Israel Katz, has assured that plans to launch a massive attack on the Gazan city of Rafah, the last refuge for hundreds of thousands of Palestinians expelled from other parts of the enclave by Israeli bombings, will be automatically suspended in the moment it reaches an agreement with the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas to release the hostages it holds. “The release of the hostages represents a key issue for us, so yes: if there is an agreement, we will suspend the operation,” he assured in an interview given this past Saturday to Channel 12 of Israeli television. Katz confirms what official Israeli sources were progressing this past Saturday to the country’s media: that the new offer presented in the last few hours to Hamas is the final opportunity that the Palestinian organization has to accept a ceasefire or, otherwise, the Israeli Army will launch its major offensive on the city.
Hamas receives Israel’s new truce proposal and assures that it will study it In statements to the newspaper Yedioth Aharonoth, an Israeli official described the latest talks with Hamas, under the mediation of Egypt and Qatar, as “very good and characterized by their progress in all areas.” parameters” before warning of the seriousness of the situation.
“Hamas is being told, through Egypt, that there are very serious intentions to attack Rafah,” this source warned, while other Israeli officials declared to Channel 12 of national television that this proposal is, directly, “last chance” that Hamas will have before the operation.
Source: Eitb
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