The negotiations They resumed this Sunday in Egypt to reach a truce between Israel and Hamas during Ramadan in Gaza, where Israeli bombing continues and the Palestinian population is on the brink of famine.
Delegations from the terrorist group Hamas, Qatar and the United States are in the Egyptian capital to start “a new round of negotiations”.
Hamas envoys They have to decide on a truce proposal outlined in Paris at the end of January, a source close to the Palestinian group indicated.
This proposal from the mediating countries – Qatar, the United States and Egypt – consists of a six-week break in the fighting and the release of 42 hostages in exchange for the release of Palestinian prisoners in Israel.
Palestinians walk among the rubble of houses destroyed by Israeli bombing in Gaza City. Photo by AFPThe aim is to reach a truce before the start of the Muslim fasting month, which will begin on March 10 or 11.
“The Israelis accepted in principle the elements of the agreement”a senior American official said Saturday, although Israel did not confirm it.
The deal could be signed “in 24 or 48 hours” whether Israel “accepts Hamas’ demands, which include the return of displaced Palestinians in northern Gaza and an increase in humanitarian aid,” a senior leader of the Islamic movement told AFP on Sunday, speaking on condition of anonymity.
On the ground, several overnight bombings hit the towns of Khan Younis and Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, according to an AFP correspondent.
Hamas, which has ruled Gaza since 2007, said there had also been artillery fire in Jabaliya, Beit Hanun, Zeitun and Tal Al Hawa in the north.
In nearly five months of war, Israeli military operations were in retaliation for Hamas’ unprecedented attack on Israel on October 7 they left 30,410 dead in the Stripmostly civilians, according to the latest budget from the Hamas-controlled Ministry of Health.
About 1,160 people died in the terrorist attack by Hamas commandos in Israel, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally based on Israeli data. According to Israeli authorities, the Islamists have kidnapped around 250 people, of whom 130 are still detained in Gaza.
The Hamas government reported Sunday that 90 people in Gaza had been killed in the past 24 hours, 14 of them members of the same family, in a shelling that destroyed their home in Rafah.
Among the deceased are two twinsNaim and Wisam, just a few months old.
Shehda Abu Anza, the family’s niece, told AFP there were only civilians in the house.
“There were maybe more than 15 children in the four-story house,” which was completely destroyed, he said.
serious situation
The conflict has caused a humanitarian catastrophe and famine is “almost inevitable” for 2.2 million people, the vast majority of Gaza’s population, according to Jens Laerke, spokesperson for the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
According to the Hamas Ministry of Health, at least 16 children have died from “malnutrition and dehydration” in recent days.
Pope Francis urged this on Sunday ensure “safe access” to humanitarian aid for the population of Gaza, and the UN Security Council has called for its “large-scale” delivery to be permitted, without hindrance.
Overland aid delivery, which depends on Israeli authorization, enters Gaza in dribs and drabs, mostly through Rafah, from Egypt.
Faced with difficulties in delivering aid by road, the United States airdropped its first shipment of food on Saturday, in total 66 “packages” containing 38,000 food rationsin collaboration with Jordan, according to a senior US military commander.
The fighting, Israeli bombing, road debris and sometimes looting make it very dangerous to bring aid to the north of the Strip.
A food delivery in Gaza City ended in tragedy on Thursday after Israeli soldiers opened fire on a crowd rushing towards the trucks.
According to Hamas 118 people were killed and 760 injured.
From preliminary investigations “it emerged that after the warning, shots were fired to disperse the crowd […] “Several looters approached the armed forces and created an immediate threat” to the soldiers, Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hagari said on Sunday.
Troops fired “at several individuals” he added, insisting that an “independent” body of the army conduct an investigation.
A United Nations team said it found a “large number” of gunshot wounds at a hospital in the city where many of the victims had been admitted.
Source: Clarin
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