Israel and Hamas have been in tough debate regarding the conditions of a possible truce. Egyptian-brokered discussions have been halted on Saturday after the Israeli team refused to rejoin negotiations in Cairo. According to senior officials, Israeli diplomats will not be rejoining the negotiations table until Hamas ceases its rocket fire from Gaza. On Saturday attacks continued from … [Read more...]
Israel Winds Down Its Military Operations In Gaza and Proposes New Truce
Israel claimed that it has already achieved the majority of its objectives and would now wind down its operations in Gaza. Whether by themselves or due to international pressure coming especially from Western allies, Israeli officials stated on Monday that they would stop causing civilian casualties as they significantly reduce their military operations. This truce was allegedly brokered with the … [Read more...]
40 People Were Killed During Gaza Cease-fire
According to the Palestinian Health Ministry, about 40 people were killed and 150 injured in Gaza today despite a planned 72-hour cease-fire between Israel and Hamas. The cease-fire was supposed to take effect at 8 a.m. local time and was negotiated by the United States and the United Nations. "If corroborated, this would constitute a serious violation of the humanitarian ceasefire in place … [Read more...]
Final Agreement on 12-hour Ceasefire
This humanitarian truce comes after John Kerry’s unsuccessful bids earlier today. A spokeswoman with the Israeli military declared for the Reuters news agency that this short ceasefire will commence at 8 A.M. local Israeli time and that during this time, troops could search tunnels used by militants. The spokeswoman insisted on telling Reuters that the military would not stand idly by if … [Read more...]
No Hope in Sight for Ceasefire
Monday was marked by yet more explosions, sirens and attacks as both Hamas and Israeli planes kept on attacking each other. During the violence, seven Israeli soldiers were killed by Islamic militants during a firefight. John Kerry headed for Cairo on Monday, hoping that he could discuss the current situation with Egyptian officials. Fearing further escalations, both John Kerry and Ban Ki-Moon … [Read more...]
