Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN) – Attention is turning to Gaza and whether the parties and international mediators will be able to extend the truce between Israel and Hamas again. Below we review the most prominent developments:
The Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed in a statement, on Friday, its “deep regret” at the resumption of Israeli military operations in Gaza after the end of the truce period, stressing that “negotiations between the Israeli and Palestinian sides are continuing with the aim of returning to a state of truce, and that the State of Qatar is committed to its mediation partners.” We will continue the efforts that led to the humanitarian truce, and we will not hesitate to do everything necessary to return to calm.”
– The Israeli army dropped leaflets on the city of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, on Friday, describing it as a “combat zone” and demanding that residents “immediately evacuate.” (During the fighting that preceded the recent truce, Israel repeatedly asked residents of northern Gaza to move to southern Wadi Gaza for their safety. The city of Khan Yunis is located south of this line, and the United Nations estimates that at least 946,000 internally displaced Gazans are currently in southern Gaza.)
– 14 people were killed and dozens injured in Israeli raids on Gaza on Friday, according to a spokesman for the Hamas-controlled Ministry of Health in the Strip, Ashraf Al-Qudra, who added that the majority of those killed were women and children.
The Hamas-controlled government media office in Gaza blamed the United States and the international community for the resumption of fighting in the Strip, in a statement indicating that the Palestinians have the right to defend themselves “by all means” and establish a Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital.
IDF spokesman Doron Spielman told CNN on Friday that the army is once again seeking to “destroy” Hamas, and that the goal is to destroy the militant group “so that they cannot commit this crime in Israel again and, along the way, return our people (the hostages). ) To the homeland,” he said in a statement while Israeli forces resumed their combat missions against the movement in Gaza.
– Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement issued by his office that fighting resumed against Hamas in Gaza after the movement violated the broad outlines of the truce “and did not respect its commitment to release today all the kidnapped women and fired rockets at citizens,” adding that with the return of the mission “The government of Israel is obligated to achieve the objectives of the combat, which are the release of the hostages, the liquidation of Hamas, and ensuring that the citizens of Israel are not again threatened by an attack from Gaza.”
Negotiations regarding the release of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza are still ongoing, a source familiar with the talks told CNN, after the Israeli army announced early on Friday the resumption of Israeli military operations in the Strip.
An hour after the end of the truce between Israel and Hamas at 7 a.m. local time, none of the main parties involved – Hamas, Qatar, Israel, the United States, or Egypt – publicly announced the failure of the talks aimed at extending the truce in the Strip.
– The Hamas-controlled Interior Ministry in Gaza said that Israeli raids resumed in various areas of the Strip on Friday morning, minutes after the end of the week-long truce, while the Israeli army spokesman for the Arab media, Avichay Adraee, said in a blog post: “Army warplanes.” Meanwhile, the defense changed on Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip.”
The Israeli army said, on Friday morning, that it had resumed combat operations against Hamas after it violated the agreement and opened fire on Israel. The Israeli army spokesman for the Arab media, Avichay Adraee, said in a blog post on his page on the X platform (formerly Twitter): “Hamas has violated the agreement.” It fired shells towards Israeli territory. The IDF reactivated fire against the Hamas terrorist organization in the Gaza Strip.”
– It appears that the seven-day truce between Israel and Hamas to release civilian hostages has ended, with no indications that the two sides agreed to extend the agreement, on Friday morning, and Israel has repeatedly announced that it will resume its military offensive in Gaza if Hamas is unable to extract ten Hostages for every additional day of the temporary truce, and with the 7 a.m. (8 a.m. time) deadline passed, a resumption of hostilities seems imminent.
The Israeli army said early Friday morning that the air defense system intercepted a missile launched from the Gaza Strip, and sirens were heard in the Sderot area.
Egypt said that Egyptian and Qatari negotiators are working to extend the pause for an additional two days, and US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, who met with Israeli leaders and the head of the Palestinian National Authority, said that the truce helped deliver more aid to Gaza.
Eight more hostages from Gaza and 30 Palestinians were released from Israeli prisons on Thursday, the seventh day of the temporary and unstable truce between Israel and Hamas.
Three people were killed at a bus station in Jerusalem in a shooting attack for which Hamas claimed responsibility.
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2023-12-01 08:37:18
