Israel on Sunday stopped the entry of necessary assistance to the Gaza Strip, following a decision by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a strong rebuke from the United Nations, regional powers Egypt and Saudi Arabia and human organizations.
The move is in response to the fact that Netanyahu’s office said “Hamas” to accept the trussal negotiations presented by Steve Witcoff in the Middle East of US President Donald Trump.
The first phase of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire, which included an increase in humanitarian aid, ended on Saturday.
Both sides disagree about the next stages in the Trus. Israel wants more hostages to be released under the expansion of the first phase. But Hamas is emphasizing for the beginning of the second phase that will pave the way for the permanent end of the war.
Hamas said the Israel was trying to disrupt the ceasefire and describe Gaza as a “war crime”.
Netanyahu’s office warned of “further results”, if Hamas continues to refuse what Israel has said, there is an American proposal to expand the ceasefire.
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Egypt, who helped the broker in the ceasefire, accused Israel of “flagging violations” of the Trus agreement. The Egyptian Foreign Ministry said that in Israel, starvation was used as “a weapon against Palestinian people”.
Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Ministry, in a statement quoted by the official Saudi Press Agency, termed Israel’s decision “Blackmail” and “collective punishment”, that is, urged the international community to stop the thesis serious Israeli violation. “
On October 7, 2023, Hamas’s attack is believed to be an attempt to disrupt Saudi Arabia’s plan to start friendly relations with Israel.
Israel’s eastern neighbor Jordan blocked the aid.
Support agencies cry
The United Nations human head Tom Fletcher called Israel’s decision “dangerous”, given that the access should remain under the International Human Patron Act.
Medical Charity MSF accused Israel of using assistance as a bargaining chip, which labeled “unacceptable” and “derogatory” moves.
UNICEF spokesman Rosalia Boln told DW to block OD’s aid OD “destruction”.
Bolin said that although the scaling of the required supply, because the first phase of the Trus had an impact, “immediate relief and possibly saved many lives, it is still inadequate.”
Israel agrees to expand the ceasefire, Hamas pushes to step two
Earlier on Sunday, Netanyahu’s office announced that a few hours after the end, this agreed to expand the ceasefire. This was to extend to the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and to the Jewish Passover.
Ramadan begins at the end of this week and continues through March 30, the Jewish festival begins on the evening of 12 April and ends on the evening of 20 April.
According to the statement of Netanyahu’s office, Witchoff proposed to expand the current ceasefire after a longer time needs to negotiate a permanent ceasefire.
Hamas on Sunday told the AFP news agency that it emphasizes the implementation of another ceasefire phase.
Hamas leader Mahmood Mardvi said in a statement to AFP, “The only way to return the area is to complete the implementation of the agreement … Starting with the implementation of the second phase.”
Under the original agreement, the second phase was aimed at the release of the remaining hostages, the full return of the Israeli soldiers from Gaza and the beginning of the conversation at a final end for the war.
Under the terms of the deal of January ceasefire, the fight should not be resumed, while the interaction is going on on step two. However, Israel’s new statement, says it may return to fight “if it assumes that the dialogue is ineffective.”
The first phase of ceasefire ends 15 months battle
In January, the ceasefire agreement stopped the 15 -month fight, which led to the exchange of 33 Israeli hostages and five this.
In turn, around 2,000 Palestinian prisoners were released detailed in prisoners and Israel. The first phase was to lead to the latter interaction to construct the battle break.
Negotiations are going on about a permanent ceasefire, but not an agreement. Netanyahu’s office said that Israel would immediately talk to the Widcoff’s plan if Hamas agrees to this. Israel and many other countries nominate Hamas as a terrorist organization.
Netanyahu’s office said, “According to the agreement, Israel may return to fight after the 42nd day if it feels that the dialogue is ineffective,” Netanyahu’s office said accusing Hamas of violating the deal.
Both sides are accused of violating bees business.
Edited by: Sean M. Sinico, Louis Olofs and Alex Berry
