Ismail HaniyeLeader of the Islamist group’s political wing Hamashe said this Tuesday: Close to reaching a ceasefire agreement with IsraelAfter a month and a half of war that left more than 14,500 dead, the vast majority of them Gaza Strip.
“The movement conveyed its reaction to the brothers Train “And I appeal to the mediators and we are close to reaching a ceasefire agreement,” Haniyah, who has been in exile in Qatar for years, said in a brief statement published on Telegram.
Israel declared war on Hamas on October 7 following the Islamist group’s attack, which included rocket fire and infiltration into Israel. Approximately 3,000 militiamen who massacred approximately 1,200 people More than 240 people were kidnapped in nearby Israeli villages. Gaza Strip.
Israel’s air, naval and ground forces have since launched an offensive against the Palestinian enclave. There are currently more than 13,300 dead, mostly children and women, and more than 6,500 are missing. He may be under the rubble, so the death toll may be even higher.
Tens of thousands of injured are added to this. More than 1.7 million people were displaced More than two-thirds of the total population lives in the midst of a serious humanitarian crisis due to shortages of water, food, electricity, medicine and fuel.
In this context, international pressure for a ceasefire is increasingly intensifying, and last week the UN Security Council approved a resolution to suspend hostilities and establish humanitarian corridors in Gaza, after four failed attempts at a ceasefire since the beginning of the conflict.
Israel has vowed to end Hamas, which it considers terrorists, as do the United States and the European Union. So far it has rejected a ceasefire and even rejected the UN resolution. UN Arguing that it is “detached from reality and meaningless”.
But pressure for a ceasefire is also being felt within Israel’s borders, especially by relatives of hostages captured by Hamas, who advocate for a ceasefire in exchange for the return of their loved ones.
Israeli prime minister at military barracks in Tel Aviv on Monday night Benjamin Netanyahuand the war cabinet met with the families of the hostages.
The President assured that the two objectives of Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip are: Destruction of Hamas and rescue of hostages and that both tasks are of equal importance.
This aroused the anger of many relatives who believed that the priority should be to save the hostages, even if it meant negotiating with Hamas.