Israel and the Palestinian armed group Hamas agreed to extend the ceasefire by one day just before the 30-day ceasefire deadline. While the Gaza Strip continues to have an ‘uneasy peace’, bloody clashes between Israel and Palestine continued in the West Bank.
According to the Palestinian news agency WAFA, on the 29th of last month, the Israeli military raided a building in the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank. The attack, which was aimed at “suppressing terrorists,” left four people dead, including an eight-year-old child and a 15-year-old teenager. Wafa released some videos showing the pain of the children and teenagers who had been shot.
The Israeli military issued a statement saying, “We killed two terrorists, and two more people died in the process,” and added, “The suspected terrorists (in the building) threw explosives and responded with live ammunition.” The Israeli military, which entered Jenin on the 28th of last month and is conducting an operation to search for terrorists, announced that it had arrested 17 Palestinians that day.
Israeli extremists living in Jewish settlements in the West Bank continue to attack Palestinian residents. The Times of Israel, an Israeli Internet media outlet, reported on the 29th of last month that a video of a group of armed Israeli settlers attacking a Palestinian resident’s home in the Muarazzat area of the West Bank was circulated online. In this video, armed people yell in Hebrew and mock and assault Palestinian residents.
Previously, U.S. President Joe Biden warned that he was “ready to take sanctions, including a ban on visa issuance,” against Israeli extremists who attack Palestinian civilians. John Kirby, strategic communications coordinator for the White House National Security Council (NSC), also strongly criticized, saying, “What is currently happening (sacrifice of Palestinian civilians) is absolutely unacceptable.”
Israel and Hamas agreed to extend the ceasefire by one day until the morning of the 1st at around 6:50 a.m. on the 30th, about 10 minutes before the ceasefire deadline. U.S. Secretary of State Tony Blinken, who visited Israel for the third time since the start of the war on the 30th, discussed a long-term ceasefire and ways to minimize civilian damage with the Israeli government.
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Source: Donga
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