The United States has threatened to prevent the new Security Council from voting to reach a resolution in the Hamas conflict This Sunday is...
The United States has threatened to prevent the new Security Council from voting to reach a resolution in the Hamas conflict
This Sunday is expected to be a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel in Gaza, where the United States has threatened to block a draft resolution in the UN Security Council and the mediators of Qatar expressing their opinion about possible settlement.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he was determined to launch a ground offensive in Rafah, where 1.4 million Palestinians are crowded, despite calls from some parts of the world.
Drafted after a decision at the end of January by the International Court of Justice calling on Israel to stop any acts of "genocide" in Gaza, the draft resolution launched by Algeria "demands a humanitarian ceasefire" in an urgent manner which must be respected by all parties.
Algeria wants the vote to be held on Tuesday. The United States has already threatened to reject the vote that was held in mid-October and early December despite pressure from the international community regarding the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
The draft resolution "rejects the forced displacement of Palestinian civilians" and calls again for the release of all hostages to Gaza in the October 7 attack.
On Saturday in Jerusalem Mr. Netanyahu emphasized his intention to launch an attack in Rafah.
"Anyone who wants to prevent us from carrying out an operation in Rafah is telling us to lose the war, I will not give up," he said.
Concern has been expressed in the world, including the American alliance, about civilians, most of whom have lost their homes, in this city on the border with Egypt.
During a telephone conversation with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi, according to his actions, repeated "Egypt's position of rejecting the Palestinian exodus (from its territory, editor's note) in any way."
In recent days, an Egyptian non-governmental organization and the Wall Street Journal reported that Egypt is building a large security camp in the Sinai region with the aim of hosting Palestinian refugees during the attack. Israel is reaching Rafah.
- Discussion "not very interesting" -
The talks, which included mediators from Egypt, the United States and Qatar, to find a compromise between Hamas and Israel, including the exchange of prisoners between Israel and Palestinian prisoners, were held in recent weeks.
The talks have not been very interesting in recent days," said Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdelrahmane al-Thani in Munich. But "we will do our best to get closer" to an agreement, he said.
Hamas, which took power in Gaza in 2007, has threatened to withdraw from the talks if (humanitarian) aid is not delivered to northern Gaza.
Its leader Ismail Haniyeh reiterated that his group demanded a ceasefire and Israel's withdrawal from Gaza. displaced 1.7 million out of the 2.4 million living and created a major humanitarian crisis according to the United Nations.
On October 7, Hamas commanders who infiltrated from Gaza launched an attack in southern Israel that killed more than 1,160 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally. Israeli authorities.
Israel has taken the sword to kill Hamas, which it has declared, like the United States and the European Union, as "terrorists". According to Hamas, the Ministry of Health
According to Israel, 130 people are still being kidnapped in Gaza, and 30 of them have died, out of about 250 people who were kidnapped on October 7. At the end of November, a week-long ceasefire allowed the release of 105 hostages and 240 Palestinians held by Israel.
- "Disaster" situation -
After bombarding the 362-kilometer area since October 7, the Israeli army launched a ground offensive in the northern part of the Gaza Strip on October 27 before extending it to the south.
For several weeks, its forces have focused on Khan Younes, the hometown of Hamas leader in Gaza, Yahia Sinouar, who is suspected of masterminding the October 7 attack.
At Nasser Hospital in the city that has been reduced to ruins, six patients, including a child, have died since Friday due to a power outage, according to the Hamas Health Ministry.
Soldiers entered the hospital on Thursday based on information that people were being held hostage there, the army said, reporting the arrest of 100 people and the discovery of weapons.
The soldiers also said that day