International Courant
ISTANBUL
Qatar’s International Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani on Tuesday mentioned the Israeli navy operation in opposition to Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, has delayed the cease-fire between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas group.
Talking on the Qatar Financial Discussion board, Sheikh Mohammed harassed, nonetheless, that mediation efforts proceed regardless of being disrupted.
He famous that there’s “a elementary distinction between the 2” events, Israel and Hamas, relating to the cease-fire.
“There’s one celebration (Hamas) who desires to finish the warfare after which speak in regards to the hostages. There’s one other celebration (Israel) who desires the hostages and desires to proceed the warfare,” he additionally mentioned.
The highest Qatari diplomat added: “So long as there isn’t a commonality between these two issues, it gained’t get us to a consequence.”
The Israeli military final week began its invasion of the jap space of Rafah, storming and occupying the Palestinian aspect of the Rafah crossing with Egypt, closing Gaza’s solely gateway to the surface world.
Hamas additionally final week mentioned it accepted an Egyptian-Qatari cease-fire proposal, however Israel mentioned the deal didn’t meet its core calls for.
Israel has pounded the Gaza Strip following Palestinian resistance group Hamas’ cross-border assault on Oct. 7, 2023, which killed about 1,200 individuals.
Practically 35,180 Palestinians, most of them girls and kids, have since been killed, and over 79,000 others injured, based on Palestinian well being authorities.
Seven months into the battle, huge swathes of Gaza lay in ruins amid a crippling blockade of meals, clear water and drugs.
Israel stands accused of genocide on the Worldwide Court docket of Justice. An interim ruling in January mentioned it’s “believable” that Tel Aviv is committing genocide in Gaza, ordering it to cease such acts and take measures to ensure that humanitarian help is supplied to civilians in Gaza.
* Writing by Ahmed Asmar
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