Two American envoys are trying to reach a ceasefire in Lebanon And Gaza, before the US presidential elections, Tuesday.
But Hamas’ Al-Aqsa TV said on Friday that the movement “does not want a temporary truce,” adding that the ceasefire proposals “did not meet its conditions, namely that any agreement must stipulate an end to the war that has been going on for more than a year in Gaza, and the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Strip.” “.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said earlier that his priority is to impose security “despite any pressure or restrictions.”
Netanyahu’s office stated that the Prime Minister conveyed this message to American envoys Amos Hochstein and Brett McGurk during their visit. Israel Thursday.
Violent attacks on two fronts
Israel continued its violent military attacks on the Gaza StripLebanonFriday.
Medics in Gaza said that about 64 people were killed and dozens of others were injured last night and until Friday morning, in Israeli raids on Deir al-Balah, the Nuseirat camp, and the town of Zawaida in the center of the Strip, as well as in the south.
Paramedics at Al Awda Hospital in Nuseirat camp said that 14 Palestinians were killed in an Israeli bombing that targeted the entrance to a school housing displaced people in the camp. Paramedics said that 10 others were killed inside a car in Khan Yunis, south of Gaza.
The Israeli army said that its forces killed “armed terrorists” in central Gaza and the Jabalia area, north of the Strip.
Journalists from Reuters said that Israel bombed the southern suburb of Beirut on Friday morning with no less than 10 strikes. This was the first bombing in nearly a week of the area, which is a Hezbollah stronghold and was once densely populated.
The raids came after Israel issued evacuation orders for 10 residential neighborhoods. The hostilities dashed any hope of reaching an agreement before the US elections.
And he said Netanyahu In a speech to newly graduated officers on Thursday, he said, “Agreements, documents and proposals are not the main goal. The main goal is our ability and determination to impose security, thwart attacks against us, and work to prevent the arming of our enemies as necessary and despite any pressure or restrictions. This is the main goal.”
““Israeli stubbornness”
On the other hand, he accused the head of the Lebanese caretaker government Najib Mikati Israel, on Friday, obstructed any progress in the negotiations.
Mikati said: “The Israeli statements and diplomatic indicators received by Lebanon confirm the Israeli stubbornness in rejecting the proposed solutions and insisting on the approach of killing and destruction.”
The Palestinian authorities say that the Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip has so far killed more than 43,000 people, turning most of the Strip into rubble, in addition to killing 2,800 others in Lebanon, according to the Lebanese Ministry of Health.
