Hamas sends delegation to Cairo to negotiate truce in Gaza

The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) has announced the sending of a delegation of the group to Cairo (Egypt) to continue negotiations on a possible Stop the fire in the Gaza Strip, as reported Laura Chiclana from Jerusalem.

Hamas has underlined in a statement “the positive spirit” with which it has studied the recently received proposal and has assured that “the Palestinian resistance forces are determined to mature the agreementin a way that meets the demands” of the Palestinian people.

Some requirements, he specified, include “completely stopping the aggression, withdraw forces of occupation, return the displaced, provide relief to (its) people, begin reconstruction and complete a serious exchange agreement,” according to the note collected by the newspaper ‘Falastin’.

UN calls on the parties to reach an agreement

This announcement comes after the UN Secretary General, António Guterreshas “begged” the leaders of the movement and Israel to reach a agreement ceasefire “for the good” of civilians Palestinians and Israelis, within the framework of his meeting with the Chilean president, Gabriel Boric, at the Palacio de la Moneda, the headquarters of the country’s Government.

The Israeli Army began an offensive on the Gaza Strip after the Hamas attacks on October 7, which left 1,200 dead and 240 hostages, of whom a hundred have already been released.

Since then, the authorities of the enclave, controlled by the Islamist group, have reported the deaths of almost 35,000 people, in addition to more than 480 in the West Bank and East Jerusalem at the hands of Israeli security forces and settlers.

Specifically, the Government of the Strip, linked to Hamas, is aware of 34,622 dead and 77,867 injured. In any case, this is a provisional balance, since the authorities have warned that there are still victims under the rubble or in areas inaccessible to emergency services.

Gaza calls for investigation into deaths of health workers

The Gaza Health Ministry, controlled by Hamas, has informed and urged the International Criminal Court (TPI) to investigate the death in Israeli custody of the head of the Orthopedics Department at Al Shifa Hospital, Dr. Adnan al Barsh, and 491 other health workers who died during the Israeli military offensive on the Palestinian enclave.

“The Ministry of Health asks the International Criminal Court and the United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry in charge of the occupied Palestinian territories to open an immediate and urgent investigation into the crime of torture and murder of the martyr doctor Adnan al Barsh“, the government agency published in a statement on social networks.

The Ministry also recalls that there are “491 martyred health professionals” due to the Israeli attacks, which represents a rape of the agreements hospitalizations.

Al Barsh was arrested when was on dutyalong with several other medical professionals during the Israeli military offensive that left what was the main hospital in the Strip destroyed.

Israeli forces withdrew on April 1, Al Shifa Hospitalthe most important in the Gaza Strip, after two weeks of military operations in which facilities were destroyed and dozens of people died, including at least 21 patients, according to data from the World Health Organization (WHO).

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2024-05-04 13:20:54
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