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Israel withdrew from the dialogue, mediated by Egyptto agree a truce with the Palestinian militias of the Gaza Strip; while the Islamic Jihad has threatened to continue firing rockets until the March of the Flagsa controversial Israeli ultranationalist demonstration that will take place on Thursday in Jerusalem.
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“If the Israeli escalation continues, we will not stop before the March of the Flags”, indicated the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (YIP), a group that said it had not yet been officially notified by Egyptian mediators that Israel had withdrawn from the talks.
Official Israeli sources confirmed that they have abandoned proxy talks in Cairo for a ceasefire, after the JEEP launched a new batch of rockets – after twelve hours of calm – around noon, directed not only at the towns in southern Israel, but also towards Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.
“The bombardment of Jerusalem send a message. What happens in Jerusalem is not separate from Loop”, indicated the JEEP alluding to the March of the Flagsa controversial celebration in which far-right groups commemorate the “unificationfrom the city when Israel It occupied its eastern half in 1967, destined to be the future capital of a Palestinian state.
This march – which this year has authorization to enter the Muslim neighborhood of the Old Cityin that eastern part – is a focus of conflict every year and was one of the triggers that caused the escalation of May 2021 between Israel and the militias of Loopincluding Hamas.
The Israeli aviation responded with new bombardments for the fourth consecutive day on objectives of the JEEP in the Stripeespecially in the area of Rafah today, south of the enclave, where 31 people have died – at least 15 civilians including 6 children -, in addition to one in Israel.
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This new exchange of fire has dashed hopes for an agreement to put an end to another war escalation after twelve hours of calm, in the midst of the frustrated efforts of Egypt, Qatar and the United Nations.
The Israeli source indicated that they are preparing a “meaningful response” and? “if it is necessary to scale, it will be done”while one of the Egyptian mediators told the Hebrew media that the negotiations have stalled.
When the rocket fire resumed, the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahuwas in another meeting to assess the security situation with the defense minister, Yoav Gallant; the chief of staffHerzi Halevi; the boss of shinbet, Ronen Bar; the one of the Mossad, David Barnea; the foreign minister, Eli Cohen: and that of Strategic Affairs, Ron Dermeramong others.
According to official Army radio, Netanyahu ordered the continued attacks directed against targets of the Islamic Jihadwhich has already lost 16 militiamen, including 8 senior commanders in this escalation, which began on Tuesday when Israel activated the operation “shield and arrow” with the “targeted killing” from three YIP leaders.
A total of 31 people have died in the Gaza Strip -at least 15 civilians including 6 children- and 106 have been injured, according to the count of the Ministry of Health of the enclave, where 2.5 million people live under a military blockade by Israel since 2007 and governed by the movement Islamist Hamas.
On the Israeli side, one person died and five were moderately injured by the impact of a rocket on a building in rehovotsouth of Tel Aviv; while several dozen have been slightly injured or treated for anxiety.
Source: Elcomercio
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