Key points
- Hamas says he agreed to a high fire proposal presented by Egypt and Qatar.
- The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, says that his cabinet will continue to press Hamas to place his arms and leave Gaza.
- Israeli attacks killed at least 24 people on the first day EID.
Hamas says that he has agreed to a proposal by Gaza Cease Fire from the mediators Egypt and Qatar, but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeated demands for the group to disarm and that its leaders leave the enclave.
On Saturday, Khalil Al-Hayya, the leader of Hamas in Gaza, said that the group had agreed to a proposal that security sources said that it included the release of five Israeli hostages every week.
But he said that placing his arms as Israel has demanded that it be a “red line” that the group would not cross.
On Sunday, Netanyahu said that his cabinet had agreed to continue pressing Hamas, rejecting the claims that Israel was not negotiating.
“We are carrying it under fire and, therefore, it is also effective,” he said in a video statement.
Hamas’ senior official Sami Abu Zuhri said Netanyahu’s comments were a recipe for the “endless escalation” in the region.
Egypt, Qatar and the United States are trying to negotiate another fire and ensure the release of Israeli hostages that are still held in Gaza.
At least two dozen killed in Israeli strikes on the first day of eid
On Sunday, the first day of the Muslim vacations Eid al-Fitr, the health authorities in Gaza said that at least 24 people, including several children, had been killed in Israeli strikes.
Nine were killed in a single tent in the southern city of Khan Younis, they said.
Later, on Sunday, the red Palestinian service Red Crescent said that he had finally been able to access the search for rescue equipment that had remained under the Israeli fire during a rescue mission in western Rafah, a week after the attack.
Sunday’s strikes took place when the Palestinians celebrated the EID holidays that marked the end of the month of Muslim fasting of Ramadan. Fountain: Getty / ABDALLAH FS ALATTAR / ANATOLIA
He said he had recovered 13 bodies from the scene. On Monday, they said they had recovered 15 bodies.
The bodies of eight Red Crescent doctors, six members of the Gaza Civil Defense Agency and an employee of a UN agency were recovered, said the Crescent Network in a statement. He said that a medium red average doctor was still missing.
Red Cross ‘outraged’ in Medic Killings
The Red Cross Federation expressed outrage due to the death of the Red Crescent doctors.
“The International Federation of Red Cross societies and Red Crescent is outraged by the death of eight RPC doctors, murdered service in Gaza,” said the world’s largest humanitarian network in a statement.
He said the bodies were recovered after “seven days of silence” and having access to the Rafah area, where they were last seen.
“I am disconsolate,” said IFRC Secretary Jagan Chapagin, in a statement.
“These dedicated ambulance workers responded to injured people. They were humanitarian. They carried emblems that should have protected them; their ambulances were clearly marked. They should have returned to their families; they did not.”
He stressed that, according to the rules of international humanitarian law, civilians, humanitians and health services must be protected.
“Instead of another call to all parties to protect and respect humanitarians and civilians, I ask a question: when will it stop?
“All parties must stop the murder.”
The Iffif said that it was the most fatal attack on its colleagues anywhere in the world since 2017.
There were no immediate Israeli comments.
Netanyahu supports Trump’s ‘Voluntary Emigration’ Plan
Since Israel resumed his attacks in Gaza on March 18, hundreds of Palestinians have been killed and tens of thousands have been forced to evacuate areas in northern Gaza, where they had returned after the agreement of Alto El Fuego in January.
Netanyahu said that Israel demanded that Hamas leave their weapons and said that their leaders would be allowed to leave Gaza.
He did not give details about how long the Israeli troops would remain in the enclave, but he repeated that Hamas’s military and governmental capabilities must be crushed.
“We will ensure general security in the Gaza Strip and allow the implementation of the Trump Plan, the voluntary emigration plan,” he said. “That is the plan, we don’t hide it, we are ready to discuss it at any time.”
Trump originally proposed to transfer the complete population of Gaza to countries, including Egypt and Jordan, and develop the Gaza Strip as a resort owned by the United States.
However, no country has agreed to attract the population, and Israel has said since then that any exit from the Palestinians would be voluntary.
Israel launched his campaign in Gaza after Hamas attacked the Israeli communities on October 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people.
The ongoing bombing of Israel has killed more than 50,000 Palestinians, according to Palestinian health authorities.
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