A team of Israeli officials on the latest ceasefire offer, a senior Israeli official said on Tuesday agitation Will reach Cairo today to review the response.
According to Reuters, the Israeli official also reiterated that the current proposal from Hamas is unacceptable to Israel.
“This delegation consists of middle-ranking diplomats,” the official told Reuters, referring to officials from the intelligence agencies Mossad and Shin Bet in the Israeli delegation. If there is a credible agreement, the high-level leadership will head the delegation.’
The visit of the Israeli delegation to the Egyptian capital is taking place at a time when Israeli tanks have besieged Rafah bordering Egypt.
Palestinian group Hamas Despite accepting the ceasefire proposal in Gaza on the proposal of Egypt and Qatar Israel Bombed Rafah last night.
The Israeli army said on Tuesday that it had taken operational control of the border crossing to Palestine in Rafah and that its special forces had begun searching the area.
The Israeli army said that its forces have been operating in the designated eastern part of Rafah since Monday night.
According to the army, many people and some international organizations have left the area where the operation is taking place.
The Rafah crossing connects the Gaza Strip and Egypt by land.
Hamas announced on Monday night that it had accepted a cease-fire proposal by Egypt and Qatar in Gaza, but a few hours later, Israel attacked Rafah, killing five people.
Meanwhile, a spokesman for the Gaza border authority told Reuters news agency on Tuesday that the delivery of aid to Gaza on the border route between the Gaza Strip and Egypt has been stopped after the presence of Israeli tanks on the Palestinian side of the crossing.
Despite Hamas’s acceptance of the ceasefire proposal, the Israeli army asked more than 100,000 Palestinians to evacuate the area before launching a ground attack on Rafah.
A statement issued by the Israeli army on Monday said that the Israeli army has started dropping pamphlets on Palestinians in Rafah.
Reports of Israeli airstrikes and preparations for a ground military operation on Rafah are raising concerns among the international community and aid organizations.
According to Saudi Arabia’s official news agency (SPA), Saudi Arabia has warned Israel of the dangers of targeting the city of Rafah in a “bloody” and “organized campaign”.
In a statement issued by the Saudi Foreign Ministry, it was said that such actions increase the humanitarian crisis and harm international peace efforts.
The ministry renewed the kingdom’s call to the international community to intervene urgently to stop the occupation forces’ genocidal acts against innocent civilians in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
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United States US President Joe Biden and King Abdullah II of Jordan have also warned Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu against attacking Rafah.
Joe Biden and King Abdullah II of Jordan met yesterday and discussed the developments.
King Abdullah called on President Biden to intervene, saying the Israeli attack on Rafah ‘threats a new massacre.’
In a statement issued by the White House, it is said that the President has reiterated his clear position regarding Rafah.
“We believe that the current military operation in Rafah will dramatically increase the suffering (and) civilian casualties of the Palestinian people,” State Department spokesman Matthew Miller told reporters.
Even before this, President Biden has repeatedly convinced Netanyahu that the attack on Rafah would be a ‘mistake’, and Secretary of State Anthony Blanken told him in occupied Jerusalem last week that more than 1 million refugees in Rafah There should be no attack due to safety of citizens.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres also said on Monday that a ground attack on Rafah would be “unbearable”.
“A ground attack in Rafah would be intolerable because of the devastating humanitarian and regionally destabilizing consequences,” he said.
On the other hand, according to the American news agency AP, Israel says that the agreement does not meet its “basic demands” and it Gaza It is moving to attack the southern city of Rafah, but negotiations will continue.
According to Reuters, a Qatari delegation will travel to Cairo on Tuesday to resume indirect talks between Israel and Hamas through mediators.
Qatar has expressed hope that the talks will lead to an immediate and permanent cease-fire agreement in Gaza.
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