The Gaza tension increases after the first phase of The truce that Hamas and Israel agreed On January 19, he finished. One of the first measures that the Netanyahu government has taken after expiring the deadline of this agreement It has been to suspend the entry of strip.
This input suspension of Humanitarian aid It occurs hours after Israel declared a new unilateral fire during the festivities of the Muslim Ramadan and Jewish Easter, that is, approximately until April 20.
This extension of the cessation of hostilities will function outside the terms of the high the initial fire. Therefore, it does not include the continuation of the procedures for redeeming Israeli hostages in the hands of the Palestinian militias by Palestinian prisoners.
Israel’s Prime Minister has accused Hamas of ignoring an alternative proposal presented by the special envoy of the White House to the region, Steve Witkoff.
The American representative offered the possibility of prolong the terms of the first phase of high the original fire: continue with exchanges while trying to unblock the negotiations, now paralyzed, to agree on a second phase that includes the release of all male hostages in exchange for the withdrawal of the Israeli forces of the Palestinian enclave and, the most thorny issue, the beginning of discussions to elucidate the political future of the strip.
“After the end of the first phase of the agreement on the hostages, and in view of Hamas’s refusal to accept the ‘Witkoff scheme’ to continue the conversations to which Israel has accessed,” he told the prime minister’s office, in relation to the proposal of the special envoy of the US Supplies to the Gaza Strip. “
In addition, he has warned that “Israel will not allow a high fire without the release of our hostages. If Hamas continues with its refusal, there will be more consequences“
Hamas considers Israel’s proposal “a return to departure positions”
On the other hand, Hamas has openly shown his rejection of the terms of the American envoy by wielding that they were nothing more than a dilatory tactic to maintain the Israeli presence in the strip and a “Return to starting positions“, As stated by its spokesman Hazim Qasem.
The Islamist organization has branded “Unacceptable” Israel’s proposal, since it considers that this decision allows them to dodge the withdrawal of their troops from the enclave, including the strategic biladelphia corridor, and not face the end of the war, as stated in the pact they signed in Doha in January.
In this way, they make it clear that negotiations on the second phase are completely frozen, partly because Hamas does not intend to give their political or security control over the Palestinian enclave, as Israel demands.
According to the agreement, while lAs negotiations for the second phase are underway, the fire should be respected. However, as reported by the Palestinian group, there are no ongoing conversations.
This situation makes the relatives of the 59 hostages still retained in Gaza (about thirty dead, according to Israel) that Israeli forces resume their bombings, a concern shared by the Gazatí population, which, which It was beginning to rebuild their lives After these first 42 days of truce.
Source: Lasexta
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