International Courant
JERUSALEM
An Israeli negotiation staff has postponed a scheduled go to to Qatar on Thursday until subsequent week for talks on a Gaza cease-fire and prisoner alternate cope with Hamas, Israeli media reported on Wednesday.
Israel’s Channel 12, citing an unnamed well-placed supply, mentioned the go to was postponed to await the result of a scheduled assembly between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Joe Biden in Washington on Thursday.
“Throughout their assembly, Netanyahu and Biden will talk about the framework of the deal and find out how to proceed with it. Subsequently, the Israeli staff will head to Qatar after their assembly,” the supply mentioned.
For months, the US, Qatar, and Egypt have been attempting to achieve an settlement between Israel and Hamas to make sure a prisoner alternate and cease-fire and permit humanitarian help to enter the Gaza Strip.
Nevertheless, mediation efforts have been stalled as a result of Netanyahu’s refusal to satisfy Hamas’ calls for to cease the battle.
Flouting a UN Safety Council decision demanding an instantaneous cease-fire, Israel has confronted worldwide condemnation amid its continued brutal offensive on Gaza since an Oct. 7 assault by Hamas.
Greater than 39,100 Palestinians have since been killed, largely girls and kids, and over 90,200 injured, in accordance with native well being authorities.
Over 9 months into the Israeli onslaught, huge tracts of Gaza lie in ruins amid a crippling blockade of meals, clear water, and drugs.
Israel is accused of genocide on the Worldwide Court docket of Justice, which ordered Tel Aviv to right away halt its navy operation within the southern metropolis of Rafah, the place greater than 1 million Palestinians had sought refuge from the battle earlier than it was invaded on Might 6.
*Writing by Mohammad Sio
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