Cairo: Ceasefire talks have broken down again without a resolution after Israel insisted on continuing its military presence in Gaza. The reason for the collapse of the negotiations was that Israel put forward a new condition that the military presence in the Philadelphia and Netzerim corridors between Gaza and Egypt would continue. With this, the mediation talks held in Cairo, Egypt came to an unsuccessful end and the participating parties returned.
Hamas said it will not release the guards without a complete withdrawal of arms and is willing to accept the cease-fire proposal had US President Joe Biden put forward at the end of May . “We will not go back from the terms we put forward on July 2nd. We will not accept negotiations on new terms,” Hamas spokesman Osama Hamdan told Al-Aqsa TV. A Hamas delegation returned from Cairo on Sunday after mediation talks. The US, Qatar and Egypt are leading the mediation effort.
At the same time, the families of the hostages announced that they would boycott commemorative events organized by the Israeli government to mark the anniversary of the October 7 attack. The Disappeared Hosts and Families Forum accused the Disappeared Hosts and Families Forum of not participating, citing the Israeli government’s complete failure to return hostages.
Kan News reported that the Jewish communities of Kibbutzim Kifar Asa, Nahal Oz, Yad Mordechai, Nir Yitzhak, Kibbutzim Nirim, Nir Oz and Reim in the Gaza border areas will also boycott the government event. At the same time, the relatives of those who were killed on October 7 said that memorial programs will be organized in parallel with the programs of the government under their leadership. It was decided to organize the memorial program through crowdfunding in collaboration with the Kumu movement.
Israel is still attacking Gaza today. 33 people were killed and 66 wounded in 24 hours. So far 40,435 Palestinians have been killed in the Gaza war.
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2024-08-26 14:39:32