The new round of talks to reach a comprehensive truce in the Gaza Strip has started in Cairo with the participation of delegations from Egypt, Qatar, the United States, Hamas and Israel.
Hamas representative Osama Hamdansaid at a press conference in Beirut (Lebanon) that, if Israel’s military aggression continues in Rafah, there will be no ceasefire agreement.
“We affirm that the military operation in Rafah, if carried out by Israel, it won’t be a picnic for the Israeli Army), Hamdan warned.
“The ball is in Netanyahu’s court”he added, saying that the latest ceasefire proposal that Hamas accepted “represents the minimum that responds to the demands of our people and our resistance.”
The new round of talks to reach a comprehensive truce in the Gaza Strip began this Tuesday in Cairo with the participation of delegations from Egypt, Qatar, United States, Hamas and IsraelEgyptian state television Al Qahera News reported.
The network, very close to the Intelligence services of the North African country, has indicated, citing an anonymous high-level security source, that these delegations began consultations “to complete the discussions to reach a comprehensive truce in Gaza.”
The source added that “intense efforts” are being made by the Egyptians to “contain the situation” in Gaza, after this morning the Israeli Army took control of the Palestinian side of the Rafah border crossing, which connects the Strip. with the Sinai Peninsula. In that sense, “the Rafah crossing was and will continue to be a purely Egyptian-Palestinian crossing,” Hamdan stated.
Likewise, he has indicated that Egypt “warned about the negative repercussions of stopping humanitarian aid” to Gaza, especially through Rafah as it is the crossing through which the largest amount of assistance enters for the Palestinians.
Hamas accepted a proposal on Monday of Egypt and Qatar for a truce with Israel in three phases, including a ceasefire and an exchange of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.
The prime minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahusaid this Tuesday that Hamas’ announcement “seeked to torpedo the entry” of Israeli forces into Rafah, while the Israeli Defense Minister, Yoav Gallanthas assured that operation will not stop until it has completely eliminated Hamas in the area.
Source: Eitb
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