Hamas responds to Gaza’s fire cessation proposal

Hamas said on Saturday that he responded to a proposal led by the United States for a high temporary fire in the Gaza pullthat Israeli officials have approved, but will seek amendments. The additional details of the answer did not know immediately.

In a statement, the militant group said that their response aims to achieve a permanent fire, the complete withdrawal of the Israeli army of Gaza and the “flow without obstacles of humanitarian aid.” Hamas said in his statement that the agreement would include the release of 10 live Israeli hostages and the remains of 18 hostages in exchange for several Palestinian prisoners.

A high Hamas official tells News that “there are some notes and amendments to some points, especially in the guarantees of the United States, the moment of the release of hostages, the delivery of aid and the withdrawal of the Israeli forces.” The official spoke about anonymity due to the sensitivity of the conversations.

Steve Witkoff’s office, the American envoy to the Middle East, said in a statement on social networks on Saturday that he had received Hamas’ response to the proposal, but was “totally unacceptable and only takes us upside down.”

“Hamas should accept the proposal of the frame that we present as a basis for proximity conversations, which we can start immediately next week,” said the statement. “That is the only way we can close a 60 -day fire agreement in the next few days in which half of the living hostages and half of those who died will return home with their families and in which we can have in the proximity conversations substantive negotiations in good faith to try to reach a high permanent fire.”

TO Draft agreement obtained by News themezone He indicated that Israel would release 125 prisoners of “life imprisonment” and 1,111 Palestinian detainees as part of the agreement, as well as 180 dead Palestinians. The draft also described that humanitarian aid will be sent to Gaza immediately once Hamas accepts the agreement.

There was no immediate response of Israeli mediators or officials.

President Trump said Friday that negotiators were approaching an agreement.

UN food trucks blocked, downloaded by hungry Palestinians

Meanwhile, the UN Food Program said on Saturday that 77 trucks that transported help, mostly flour, were arrested by hungry people who took the food before the trucks could reach their destination.

“After almost 80 days of total blocking, the communities are starving, and they are no longer willing to see the food pass,” the PMA said in a statement. “This delivery is a beginning, but it is not enough.”

An Israeli block of almost three months in Gaza has taken the population of almost 2.3 million people to the edge of the famine. While the pressure was relieved slightly in recent days, since Israel allowed some help to enter, organizations say there is still not enough food.

The United Nations have called Gaza the “most hungry place on Earth.”

“To restore the home, relieve fear and prevent greater chaos, we must flood communities with food, now,” said the PMA. “Only consistent help and a large scale can rebuild trust.”

A witness in the southern city of Khan Youis told News that the UN convoy was arrested in an improvised obstacle and discharged by desperate civilians in thousands. Most people wore flour bags on their backs or heads. He said that at one time an elevator truck was used to download palettes from stranded trucks. The witness spoke on condition of anonymity due to the fear of retaliation.

The United Nations said earlier this month that the Israeli authorities have forced them to use non -safe routes within the areas controlled by the Israeli army in the eastern areas of Rafah and Khan Younis, where armed gangs are active and trucks were stopped.

Israel’s army did not respond immediately to comment.

An internal document shared with assistance groups on security incidents, seen by News, said there were four incidents of facilities that are looted in three days at the end of May, not including the convoy on Saturday.

The UN says that it has not been able to obtain enough help due to the fight. On Friday, the UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said he only picked up five load trucks on the Palestinian side of the Kareem Shalom Crossing, and the other 60 trucks had to return due to intense hostilities in the area.

An Israeli official said his country has offered the UN logistical and operational support, but “the UN is not doing its job.” On the other hand, a new base backed by the United States and Israel began operations in Gaza this week, distributing food in several places in a chaotic deployment. Israel says Gaza’s humanitarian base It will replace the massive aid operation that the UN and others have carried out throughout the war.

He says that the new mechanism is necessary, accusing Hamas of diverting large amounts of help. The UN denies that a significant deviation takes place.

Cindy McCain, executive director of the WFP, said “In front of the nation with Margaret Brennan” last Sunday that there is no evidence to support Israel’s claims that Hamas is responsible for the looting of his help trucks.

“These people are desperate, and see a truck from the World Food Program and run for it,” he said. “This has nothing to do with Hamas or any type of organized crime, or anything. It simply has to do with the fact that these people starve to death.”

Meanwhile, Israel continues its military campaign in Gaza.

Gaza’s Ministry of Health said at least 60 people were killed by Israeli strikes in the last 24 hours. He said three people were fired by Israeli shots at dawn on Saturday in the southern city of Rafah. Three other people were killed, parents and a son, when his car was hit in the city of Gaza.

The war began when Hamas terrorists attacked Israel on October 7, 2023, killing around 1,200 people, most civilians and taking 250 hostages. Of the captive, 58 remain in Gaza, but Israel believes that 35 are dead, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that there are “doubts” about the fate of several others.

Israeli strikes have killed more than 54,000 residents of Gaza, mostly women and children, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health, directed by Hamas, which does not distinguish between civilians and combatants in their account.

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