The Egyptian government is making every effort to extend the humanitarian ceasefire in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict zone. This was announced by Diya Rashwan, head of the state information service of the Arab Republic. RIA News.
As he said, Cairo “strongly regrets” the lifting of the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the resumption of hostilities. At the same time, the official noted that the ceasefire between the parties to the conflict should be extended as soon as possible.
“Diya Rashwan is Egypt’s <…> “Together with its partners, it is making every effort to return to the ceasefire as soon as possible and extend the duration of the ceasefire,” the statement said.
A ceasefire was declared in the Gaza Strip on October 24. Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement initially agreed to a four-day ceasefire, but this lasted seven days.
However, on December 1, the press service of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) stated It is about the resumption of operations in the north of the Palestinian region. In the message from Israeli troops, it was announced that the decision to continue hostilities was taken due to Hamas’s violation of the provisions of the ceasefire agreement and the bombing of populated areas on the territory of the Jewish state.
On the same day, Reuters, quoting sources reported Stopping trucks carrying humanitarian aid from passing through the Refah checkpoint. According to the agency, the reason for this was the resumption of clashes in the Gaza Strip.
Previously in Israel clarified Number of hostages released by Hamas during the ceasefire.