2024-04-25 22:19:09
The Israel Broadcasting Authority confirmed that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had approved the Rafah invasion plan, but had not yet given the green light for its implementation.
Israel on Thursday bombarded several areas of the Gaza Strip, including the town of Rafah, populated by displaced people, as the army prepares for a ground operation in its war against Hamas, despite warnings from the international community, notably from the American ally. .
Many foreign capitals and humanitarian organizations are expressing fear that many lives will be lost if Israel carries out its attack on the city south of the besieged Palestinian strip, home to more than 1.5 million residents, the majority of whom are moved.
This comes as Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has emphasized for weeks that the operation is necessary to eliminate Hamas, emphasizing that Rafah is the movement’s last major stronghold in Gaza.
The Israel Broadcasting Corporation cited informed sources as saying: “An Egyptian delegation will visit Israel on Friday to follow discussions on the resumption of negotiations on the exchange agreement and the expected invasion of Rafah. »
The sources revealed that the Egyptian proposal received by Israel stipulates the release of all kidnapped Israelis, stopping the invasion of Rafah and stopping the war for a period of at least one year during which Hamas will cease to attack Israel.
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said in a post on the »
The Wall Street Journal reported a few days ago, citing Egyptian officials, that Israel is preparing to evacuate civilians from Rafah to Khan Yunis in a process that will take two to three weeks.
Building on international concerns, leaders of 18 countries, including the United States, France, Britain and Germany, called in a joint text for “the immediate release of all hostages held by Hamas in Gaza.
While negotiations led by Qatar, the United States and Egypt to reach a truce fail, the text published by the White House confirms that “the agreement on the table to release the hostages will allow a ceasefire immediate and prolonged fire in Gaza.”
On Thursday, the War Council and the Small Council for Security and Political Affairs in Israel concluded a meeting during which they decided to authorize the visit of Palestinian detainees classified as elite fighters of the Hamas movement, by a Israeli judge and two foreign doctors.
The Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben Gvir, expressed his anger at this affair, believing that it was a measure taken following pressure exerted specifically by Great Britain and that it would harm the power deterrent to Israel.
On the ground, the Israeli army announced Thursday that its planes had bombed “30 Hamas targets” in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, including buildings where weapons were stored and “terrorist infrastructure,” killing several members of the movement.
Eyewitnesses told Agence France-Presse that clashes broke out between Israeli forces and Palestinian fighters north of the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.
The war broke out on October 7 after an unprecedented Hamas attack on Israeli settlements, which resulted in the deaths of 1,170 people, most of them civilians, according to an Agence France-Presse tally based on official Israeli data. .
In the Hamas attack, more than 250 people were kidnapped, 129 of whom remain detained in the Gaza Strip, 34 of whom are believed to have died, according to Israeli officials.
In response, Israel pledged to destroy Hamas, which has held power in Gaza since 2007 and is classified by Israel, the United States and the European Union as a “terrorist organization.”
Its vast military operation in the Gaza Strip resulted in the deaths of 34,305 people, most of them civilians, according to the Hamas health ministry.
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