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Israeli-Homas confrontation puts in danger of gas

Lyse Doucet

Chief International Correspondent

Reuters Palestinian Family Overcoming them quickly during the Islamic Holy Moon Ramadan, on the rubble of his home at Jabalia's refugee camp, Northern Gaza (March 2, 2025)Reuters

Israel blocked food and fuel from the gas entry after the first ceasefire ended on Saturday night

Testing of the second stage of ceasefire was always doubted; Now it seems he was dead at this point, it was supposed to start.

Concerns are caused by the fact that the war will return to this destroyed territory, deepening the deep suffering of the Palestinians and threatening the lives of other hostages stored by Hamas.

Israel, supported by the United States, says there is now a new deal after the first stage of the agreement ended on Saturday. And this stopped all the humanitarian gas aid until Hamas will also accept this new version.

“Flagrant Violation” is a strongly formulated response from Cairo. Egypt, as well as Qatar, two Arab mediators in the process with the US, also accused Israel of violating international humanitarian law using food as weapons of war. “

According to the terms of the agreement, 600 trucks carrying vital humanitarian aid are designed for gas daily – and a huge number intersect after 42 days of the first stage.

There was also a loud choir of criticism from other Arab states as well as humanitarian leaders.

UN Secretary -General Antonio Gutteres, who arrived at Cairo at an emergency Arab summit on Tuesday to restore Gaza, urged “immediately” resumption of assistance. He urged “all sides to make every effort to prevent a return to hostilities.”

Reuters Danny Elgrat kisses the coffin of his brother Elgarat, who died in captivity after the abduction during the attack by Hamas on October 7, 2023 on Israel during his funeral in Kibbut -no Oz, Israel (March 3, 2025)Reuters

On Monday, Israel was a funeral for Israel Itik Elgarat, the hostage whose body was handed over last week

According to the agreement, which came into force on January 19, it is a week when Israel must pull its troops from the Philadelpholusa corridor on the border of Egypt-Gaza, and the negotiations should be strengthened to stop the war, return all other hostages and release more Palestinian prisoners in exchange.

But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says US Messenger Steve Vitkof has come up with a new plan.

Witcoof has not yet announced his proposal, but Netanyahu said that the first stage of the ceasefire would be extended for another 50 days to cover the Islamic Holy Moon Ramadan and the Jewish Easter holiday and continue negotiations.

According to Netanyahu, Hamas, in return, immediately release half the other hostages. Israel says that 59 is still in captivity, and “up to 24” is considered alive.

On Monday, Hamas announced this sudden shift as “a brazen attempt (Israel) to avoid an agreement and avoiding negotiations for the second stage.”

The group views hostages as the most important leverage and make every effort to follow them until the current confrontation is over on the terms and conditions he is ready to accept.

The day earlier, Egypt’s Foreign Minister Badry Abdelati emphasized: “There is no alternative to the believer and the full implementation of all parties that was signed in January last year.”

Reuters Palestinian woman comfort the other woman during the funeral for the two Palestinians who died in the Israeli drone in Rapha, Southern Gaza, at the Nasser Hospital in Junice (March 3, 2025)Reuters

Israeli military was reportedly killed by Israeli

Israeli media have published reports on the Egyptian proposal to release three live hostages and residues of the three others in exchange for a two-week expansion of the ceasefire and Israeli will leave the Philadelphia Corridor, as well as the main northern Sala-al-Din-Road.

But the Arab diplomat with his talks stated that Cairo had not yet resumed, although “technical teams are constantly discussed”.

At this point, there was always a dangerous confrontation.

The main purpose of the Prime Minister Netanyahu was always “destroying” Hamas’s military force and political clutch.

Their highly choreographic rites and manifestations of force during the release of the hostages angered the Israelis and emphasized that although it was significantly weakened, Hamas was still very responsible for gas.

Arab diplomatic sources say that while Hamas has accepted that it would not participate in gas management as soon as this war is over, it will not dismantle what is left of it.

This is unacceptable for Israel and its most main ally, the USA.

The Israeli hostages and their supporters call on the Israeli government to bring all other hostages home from Gaza, outside the Prime Minister's residence in Jerusalem (March 2, 2025)Epa

Families hostage urges the Israel government to conclude a deal that will bring home all those still in gas

On Sunday, the US National Security Council provided full support for the “next step” of Israel. This is charged with Hamas, saying that the group “noted that they were no longer interested in ceasefire.”

In the video, Prime Minister Netanyahu called President Donald Trump “the greatest friend, who was in Israel if he had anything in the White House.”

But Israeli media say Washington also pressure the Israeli leader in order not to restart the fighting.

Such a twisting of hands is widely admitted that it has pushed the ceasefire agreement on the line even before Trump’s team entered the White House on January 20.

The pressure also arises from Israelis, who are increasingly concerned when all hostages come home.

On Sunday night, hundreds of participants of the rally broke police barriers near the Prime Minister’s residence in Jerusalem.

The US president, highly appreciated by his supporters as “the best peacekeeper in the world”, can again form war or peace parameters.

At the same time, both sides are preparing to restore the fight as long as they weigh their capabilities for winning the world on their own terms.

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