*This will be a terrible defeat for the state of Israel,”Netanyahu
“The any deal would have to explicitly include an Israeli withdrawal from Gaza and complete end to the war.” Adviser a leader of Hamas
Read 3min
#Araweelo_News_Network.
Gaza, Rafah(ANN)- Israeli airstrikes are reported in southern Gaza’s Rafah, following a Hamas rocket attack on the Kerem Shalom area which wounded several Israelis.
Al Jazeera reports that a strike was carried out against a site in the Salam neighborhood of Rafah.
Meanwhile Israel has closed the Kerem Shalom crossing with the Gaza Strip after 10 rockets were fired, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) has said.accoding to BBC.
At least 10 people were injured in the attack by Hamas, Israeli media report.
The crossing is one of the few routes to get humanitarian aid into Gaza.
The attack comes as mediators in Egypt hold talks to broker a ceasefire – and to release Israeli hostages. Israel has said it will not accept Hamas’s demands to end the Gaza war.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the proposed deal would keep Hamas in control of Gaza, posing a threat to Israel.
Speaking on Sunday, Mr Netanyahu said: “The state of Israel cannot accept this [Hamas’s demands], we are not prepared to accept a situation in which the Hamas brigades come out of their bunkers, take control of Gaza again, rebuild their military infrastructure, and return to threatening the citizens of Israel in the settlements surrounding the southern mountains, in all parts of the country.”
“This will be a terrible defeat for the state of Israel,” he added according to BBC.
The war began after waves of Hamas gunmen stormed across Gaza’s border into Israel on 7 October, killing about 1,200 people and taking more than 250 hostages. The group is proscribed as a terrorist organisation by many Western countries.
During the subsequent Israeli military campaign in Gaza, more than 34,600 Palestinians have been killed and over 77,900 wounded, according to figures from the territory’s Hamas-run health ministry.
Mr Netanyahu has faced pressure from within his far-right coalition to press ahead with the long-promised offensive in Gaza’s southern-most city, Rafah, where an estimated 1.4 million people have taken shelter after fleeing fighting in northern and central parts of the strip.
The US – Israel’s biggest diplomatic and military ally – is reluctant to back a new offensive that could cause significant civilian casualties, and has insisted on seeing a plan to protect displaced Palestinians first.
Although the Biden administration is divided over Netanyahu’s ambitious plan for the Gaza issue and the attack he promised to carry out in Rafah, even if the agreement with Hamas is a temporary one to release the prisoners they hold.
The Israeli government also faces mounting pressure at home.
Of the 252 hostages who were kidnapped by Hamas on 7 October, 128 are still unaccounted for – and among them, at least 34 are presumed dead.
There have been moments at which a new agreement has seemed imminent only to fall through before being signed. But it is clear that the positions of the two sides are very different, so it is predicted that the talks between Israel and Hamas in Egypt will not change the situation of the Gaza war between Israel and Hamas.
Please share with your friends the news and information provided by Araweelo News Network.
Published by Araweelo News Network.
Follow us on Twitter@Araweelonews
Follow us and Like on Facebook@AraweeloNews
Follow us on /instagram@araweelonews
Follow us on TikTok / Tiktok.com/@araweelonews
Follow us on /araweelonews.tumblr.com
https://mursaljamasspace.quora.com/
YouTube channel for more videos: https://www.youtube.com/c/AraweeloTv
www.araweelonews.com
www.araweelonews.net
www.araweelonews.com/archi/
By Arraale M Jama Freelance Journalist and Human Rights activist.
info@araweelonews.com
