2023-11-27 13:02:05
The head of European Union diplomacy Josep Borrell called on Monday, November 27, for an extension of the truce in the Gaza Strip, which ends on Tuesday, so that it becomes « durable » and allows us to move forward “a political solution” to the conflict.
This truce between Israel and Hamas, which is a “important first step”must “to be extended” et “become sustainable to enable us to work towards a political solution”he said at the start of a meeting in Barcelona of the Union for the Mediterranean, a forum bringing together European and Mediterranean basin countries.
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Israel-Hamas war: planned last day of truce, discussions to extend it
“A political solution that can allow us to break the cycle of violence, once and for all”added the Spaniard, according to which “There will be no peace and security for Israel without a Palestinian state”.
“Nothing can justify the indiscriminate brutality with which Hamas unleashed itself against civilians on October 7. But one horror cannot justify another horror”he continued, referring to the reprisals by the Israeli army and “the suffering of the civilian population of Gaza”.
Hamas ready to extend truce
The truce that came into force on Friday in the Gaza Strip ends on Tuesday at 6 a.m. (Paris time). The agreement allowing this truce provides for the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza from Egypt as well as the release of 50 hostages and 150 Palestinian prisoners held in Israel.
A provision of this agreement allows its renewal to free around ten hostages daily in the hands of Hamas, in exchange for the release of around thirty Palestinian prisoners.
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During the night from Sunday to Monday, Hamas, in power in Gaza since 2007, said “seek to extend the truce beyond its four days”in order to “to increase the number of prisoners released”.
“The feeling that Arab lives do not have the same price as Israeli lives brings extreme tensions”
According to the Israeli authorities, 1,200 people, the vast majority civilians, were killed during the attack launched on October 7 by commandos of the Islamist movement, of violence and scale never seen in the history of the country.
In retaliation, Israel promised to” eliminate “ Hamas, classified as a terrorist organization by the United States, the EU and Israel, relentlessly bombed the Palestinian territory and launched a ground offensive on October 27, until the truce. According to the Hamas government, 14,854 people, including 6,150 under the age of 18, were killed by Israeli strikes in the territory.
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