Hamas accepts ceasefire proposal, Israel bombs Rafah

2024-05-08 19:46:54

The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas has announced its acceptance of a proposal for ceasefire in the Strip Gaza, after seven months of conflict. The statement comes after talks with Qatar and Egypt, who presented the initiative.

Ismail Haniyeh, head of the political bureau of Hamasinformed the authorities of Qatar and Egypt about the approval of the ceasefire proposal. The communication was made through a phone call and a statement was published on the Islamist movement’s website.

The United States Government has not taken a definitive position on Hamas’s decision. State Department spokesman Matthew Miller indicated that they are evaluating the group’s response and discussing it with their allies in the region. The United States considers that a hostage release agreement is the best option for both parties involved in the conflict.

The full details of the ceasefire proposal are not yet known, nor is the official position of Israel about. However, it is reported that the pact accepted by Hamas does not have the approval of Israel.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected end the warwhich has raised concern about the possibility of a ground invasion in southern Gaza.

The United States, as an ally of Israel, has stressed that any military action in the area must be approached from a humanitarian perspective.

Displaced Palestinians who left with their belongings from Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, following an evacuation order from the Israeli army, unload their belongings to settle in a shelter in Khan Younis, on May 6, 2024, amid the current conflict between Israel and the Palestinian movement Hamas. (AFP Photo)

Israel bombs Rafah

Israel is now bombing 1.7 million civilians trapped in Rafah, threatening an imminent invasion of the last “safe place” in Gaza. After the forced displacement towards Rafah, the Israeli government now warns people that they must leave the area, because they will be bombed.

After seven months of war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip “There is no place outside Rafah that has the infrastructure and resources necessary to accommodate the massive displacement of more than a million people,” the UN has noted.

On social networks, Israel’s actions are condemned, which have been designated as “the worst crimes in modern history.”

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2024-05-08 19:46:54