Mediators have renewed efforts to secure a truce ahead of a hotly contested invasion, where more than one million people are sheltering
Mediators have renewed efforts to secure a truce ahead of a hotly contested invasion of the city, where more than one million people are shelteringBenjamin Netanyahu has vowed that Israel will proceed with an offensive on the southern Gaza city of Rafah even if rIsrael is preparing for its long-threatened ground operation in Rafah
Netanyahu’s latest comments, made during a meeting with members of two right wing groups representing hostage families and bereaved soldiers’ families, came hours before the arrival of the US secretary of state,, on a visit to advance the truce talks. It was not immediately clear whether they would impact Hamas’s response.
A ceasefire at the end of November saw 100 hostages freed in exchange for about 240 Palestinian women and children held in Israeli jails, but collapsed after a week. Israel estimates that 129 hostages remain in Gaza, including 34 who are believed to be dead. Multiple rounds of talks over the past five months have ended in failure.
“We can’t tell our people the occupation will stay or the fight will resume after Israel regains its prisoners,” a Palestinian official from a group allied with Hamas told Reuters. “Our people want this aggression to end.”Israel – under domestic pressure over the fate of the hostages and facing international criticism over the humanitarian crisis its war has caused in Gaza – has made major compromises in the latest proposal.
A spokesperson for the US state department said on Tuesday that Washington has not seen a credible Israeli plan for a military operation in Rafah that would address its concerns.
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