International Courant
ANKARA
A senior Israeli official claimed Tuesday that Hamas has rejected a cease-fire proposal publicly outlined by US President Joe Biden, native media reported.
The official, talking on situation of anonymity, stated the Israeli administration had obtained the Palestinian group’s response to the proposal by mediators.
The official argued that Hamas modified “the entire major and most significant parameters” of the draft introduced by Biden.
The US has obtained Hamas’s official response to the cease-fire proposal and is evaluating it, the White Home stated Tuesday.
On Monday, the UN Safety Council adopted a decision supporting a Gaza cease-fire proposal outlined by Biden.
On Might 31, Biden stated that Israel introduced a three-phase deal that might finish hostilities in Gaza and safe the discharge of hostages held within the coastal enclave. The plan features a cease-fire, a hostage-prisoner alternate and the reconstruction of Gaza.
Israel has confronted worldwide condemnation amid its continued brutal offensive on Gaza since an Oct. 7, 2023 assault by Hamas, regardless of a UN Safety Council decision demanding an instantaneous cease-fire.
Almost 37,200 Palestinians have since been killed in Gaza, most of them ladies and youngsters, and greater than 84,800 others injured, in response to native well being authorities.
Eight months into the Israeli warfare, huge tracts of Gaza lay in ruins amid a crippling blockade of meals, clear water and drugs.
Israel stands accused of genocide on the Worldwide Courtroom of Justice, whose newest ruling ordered it to right away halt its operation within the southern metropolis of Rafah, the place over 1,000,000 Palestinians had sought refuge from the warfare earlier than it was invaded on Might 6.
*Writing by Gozde Bayar
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