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Israel y Hamas resumed yesterday, in El Cairo, indirect negotiations for a truce in Gaza, after Israeli troops cut off the crossing Rafah con Egypt and that the Palestinian Islamist movement warned that these discussions were the “last chance” for the hostages.
After seven months of war, “all parties agree to return to the negotiating table,” the Egyptian media reported. Al Qahera Newsclose to the intelligence services, citing a “senior official.”
Talks for a truce are being held with representatives of Egypt, Qatar and the United States, the three mediating countries. Both Hamas and Israel They sent delegations to Cairo.
The discussions take place on the same day that the Israeli Army took control of the southern tip of Gaza, key for the entry of humanitarian aid into the narrow territory, on the brink of famine.
The Israeli army specified that it was an operation with a “very limited scope against very specific objectives,” at a time when the international community is urging Israel to give up its plan to invade Rafah, where 1.4 million people are located. mostly displaced by bombings.
BLOCKING
The UN denounced Israel’s blockade of the crossings and asked that they be reopened “immediately”, while the US called its closure “unacceptable” and the Secretary General of United Nations, António Guterres, urged Israel “to stop any escalation and engage constructively in diplomatic negotiations.”
The Prime Minister’s Office Benjamin Netanyahu He urged the Israeli delegation to “stand firm on the conditions necessary for the release” of the hostages.
A senior position of Hamas, who requested anonymity, said that these negotiations represent “the last opportunity for Netanyahu and for the families” of the hostages “to see their children return.”
The conflict began on October 7 with an incursion by Islamist commandos that killed 1,170 people, in its majority civiliansand kidnapped about 250, according to a count based on Israeli data.
Israel estimates that after a hostage exchange for Palestinian prisoners in November, 128 people remained captive in Gaza and that 36 of them died.
The main Israeli association that brings together the families of the kidnapped announced that the Israeli-Argentine Lior Rudaeff, He died on October 7 and that his body remained in Gaza.
After the Hamas attack, Israel launched a retaliatory offensive that left 34,789 dead in Gaza, mostly civilians, according to the Ministry of Health. /24 HOURS
Mexico condemns attack in Rafah
Showing its concern about the catastrophic consequences for the lives of thousands of civilians, the Government of Mexico condemned Israel’s attack on the city of Rafah.
“The attacks against the civilian population constitute a serious violation of the norms of international humanitarian law, which is why Mexico makes a strong call for a ceasefire,” said the Secretary of Foreign Relations (SRE), through a statement.
Besides, Mexico He expressed his hope that humanitarian aid reaches the Gaza Stripand thus reach as many people as possible urgently.
Meanwhile, the country will continue fighting at the multilateral level, and in the United Nations system, for the formula of the two States, as the only structural solution to resolve the conflict between Israel and Palestine.
Other countries of West, as Germany, They also warned Israel of a “major offensive” on the city south of Gaza, and asked for the reopening of the crossings for the delivery of humanitarian aid, said German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock.
Palestinian civilians displaced in Rafah “They urgently need protection and humanitarian assistance,” the official published on the social network. X. /ARMANDO YEFERSON
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