Jakarta –
Call for a ceasefire in Gaza, Palestine, rejected by the United States (US). According to the US, a ceasefire will only give the Hamas group time to rest.
Reporting from AFP, Washington warned that a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip would benefit Hamas, which has controlled the territory since 2007.
US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller told reporters that a ceasefire would ‘give Hamas the ability to rest, recuperate and prepare to continue carrying out terrorist attacks against Israel’.
“You can clearly understand why this situation is intolerable for Israel, because this is an intolerable situation for any country that has experienced brutal terrorist attacks and continues to see terrorist threats right on its borders,” Miller said while speaking to local journalists. on Monday (23/10) local time.
Furthermore, the US said it had made efforts to ensure the flow of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip. Miller said that US envoy David Satterfield was in the field working ‘intensively’ on the distribution of humanitarian aid to civilians in the Gaza Strip.
A similar position was conveyed by White House spokesman John Kirby, who, as reported by Al Jazeera, emphasized that now is not the time for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
“This is not the time for a ceasefire,” he said in a statement to CNN.
“Israel has the right to defend itself. They still have work to do to catch up to Hamas’ leadership,” said Kirby.
(aik/aik)
2023-10-24 15:10:12
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