Gaza war: Round of talks in Cairo ends without deal, and calm returns to southern Lebanon – BBC News Arabic

For his part, the leader of the movement, Osama Hamdan, said that the delegation of the movement informed the mediators today on behalf of Hamas about the results of the round of talks that took place in the two days who left, explaining that the answer was that Israel. “He doesn’t want a lull after the Rafah attack.”

Hamdan revealed in an interview with Al-Aqsa TV, which is close to the movement, that the talks started with “five main heads,” namely: “maintaining a ceasefire, forcing withdrawal of forces from the entire region, relief of the displaced and their return to their homes, and then a fair exchange treaty.”

Hamdan explained that the movement’s first priority is to “stop the aggression,” but that Israel is “still publishing so far,” noting that they have “set new conditions for acceptance the agreement, and that they have withdrawn what they had previously agreed to,” as he said.

Hamdan said that, among these conditions, Israel wants “the resettlement of the Philadelphia axis and the non-Palestinian rule of the Rafah road,” stressing that the movement cannot talk about “a reversal of what was agreed upon.” us on the second day of July last, or any new circumstances.”

Hamdan explained that the American administration “sends false hope by talking about an upcoming agreement for electoral purposes.”

Earlier today, Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah said that his group delayed responding to the killing of army chief Fouad Shukr, for several reasons, including providing sufficient opportunity for the discussions that were taking place around Gaza, indicating that the data speaks of “further. time” which could give time to these discussions.

Calm returned to Israel’s northern front, after Lebanon’s Hezbollah announced it had completed the “first phase” of its response to the assassination of Hezbollah leader Fouad Shukr in an Israeli attack on Beirut’s southern suburbs. at the end of July last year.

Lebanon’s Hezbollah Secretary-General, Hassan Nasrallah, in a Sunday night speech called for a “return to normal life” after the group launched an attack with 340 missiles and several drones targeting the Glilot base as a “main target,” and the base missile defense in Ain Shimra as a “target.” According to Nasrallah.

Although Nasrallah confirmed that “several marches were aimed at these two targets,” an Israeli military spokesman denied to​​​​​​Agence France-Presse that the base had been hit.

Nasrallah explained that the delay in the response until now was due to the need for “time to study whether the axis will respond as a whole or each front individually,” as well as “to give an opportunity to the negotiations continuous,” explaining that the group aimed to find a specific goal, which is “unity.” 8200 within the Gllot base, which is considered the main base for Israeli intelligence.

Earlier, Israel announced on Sunday that it had thwarted “a large part of the attack” launched by Hezbollah through “precautionary strikes,” denied that it had hit the Glilot base, and he confirmed that he had destroyed “thousands of missile platforms” belonging to the party. southern Lebanon.

In response, Nasrallah said that “Israel’s report about what happened is full of lies,” noting that “half an hour before the time of the operation, the Israelis began raiding in the south and there was no information of them, but because of the movement during preparation,” emphasizing that “none of the missiles “The strategy and accuracy were unimpaired.”

The Israeli army said that “about 100 warplanes” targeted and “destroyed thousands of platforms belonging to Hezbollah” in southern Lebanon, adding that “they were directed to northern Israel and some towards the center of the country. “

An Israeli raid on southern Lebanon on Sunday morning killed three fighters, two from Hezbollah and the third from the Amal movement, Nasrallah announced.

While the Israeli army announced that an Israeli naval soldier was killed and two others were wounded.

An Israeli military official explained to Agence France-Presse that this happened, according to a “preliminary investigation,” after the soldiers were hit “by an Iron Dome interceptor shell or by a fragment of this shell that fell to crash on patrol boat soon after. taking over a drone.”

Regarding the future of the escalation between Israel and Hezbollah, Nasrallah said that the group will collect information about the outcome of its attacks due to “the enemy’s secrecy about what happened in these two bases, especially Galilut,” which ‘ define “if the result exists. satisfactory and the goal is achieved, we will consider the work to respond to the murder of Shukr It has been completed, and if the first response must be completed, we reserve our right, and this will come later and later on. “

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the strikes carried out by the Israeli army in Lebanon this morning were not “the last word” for Israel against Hezbollah.

Netanyahu explained to the Israeli Cabinet that the army was conducting “sudden and crushing strikes against Hezbollah,” saying this was “another step towards changing the situation in the north and returning our residents to their homes safely. “

The Palestinian movements Hamas and Islamic Jihad welcomed the Lebanese Hezbollah’s attack on Israel, as what they described as a “strong and massive response,” which aimed at several “vital and strategic targets deep within the Zionist entity ,” “a slap in the face of the fascist occupation government, and a message that the terrorism and crime against the Palestinian and Lebanese people will not go unanswered,” according to the text of their statement.

Meanwhile, the military spokesman for the Al-Qassam Brigades, Abu Ubaida, welcomed what he described as Hezbollah’s “first response” to the assassination of Fouad Shukr, threatening that all fronts “will remain ‘ shoot and go up against the enemy so far. as the attack against our people and our people continues,” as he said.

In Lebanon, the Office of the Special Coordinator of the United Nations in Lebanon and UNIFIL called on everyone to “stop and stop escalating further,” affirming “a return to the cessation of hostilities, and then the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1701, the only sustainable way forward.”

For his part, Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati stressed that what is needed at this stage is “to stop the Israeli aggression first and to implement Resolution 1701,” noting that the state’s position Lebanon “supports international efforts to stop it in Gaza.”

In the Arab world, Egypt expressed “grave concern” over the recent escalation, warning of the dangers of opening a new war front in Lebanon, and stressed the importance of preserving Lebanon’s stability and sovereignty and avoiding the dangers of the region entering a state. of complete instability.

While Jordan stressed the importance of “supporting Lebanon, its security, stability, and the safety of its people and institutions,” insisting that Resolution No. Israel’s attacks on Gaza and failure to reach an exchange agreement will lead to an immediate and permanent ceasefire. ” “This puts the region at risk of expanding the conflict regionally.

Internationally, British Foreign Secretary David Lammy urged an escalation in the Middle East to be avoided “at all costs,” stressing “the United Kingdom’s support for Israel’s security, the importance of deterrence, and the need for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and the release of all hostages. .”

The Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, for his part, asked for an immediate return to the cessation of hostilities, because “these actions put the people of Lebanon and Israel in danger, in addition has been threatening regional security and stability. “