Hamas says seizure of Rafah crossing aims to undermine ceasefire efforts

The Islamic group Hamas denounced this Monday that yesterday’s military takeover with Israeli tanks on the Gaza side of the Rafawhich remains under its control, seeks to “undermine” mediation efforts for a ceasefire, occurring shortly after the group agreed to a truce with mediators. Qatar It is Egypt.

Taking the crossing Rafa “It is a dangerous escalation against a civilian installation protected by international law”he said today Hamas in a statement, adding that it will worsen the already precarious humanitarian situation in Gaza strip preventing the entry of humanitarian aid.

READ TOO: Global alarm over a possible Israeli invasion of Rafah that could lead to the deadliest phase of the war

That “confirms the occupation’s intention to undermine mediation efforts towards a ceasefire and release of prisonersin favor of the personal interests of the (Israeli Prime Minister) Netanyahu and its extremist government”he added.

Despite this, as confirmed today by an anonymous Israeli official to Israeli News Channel 12, a delegation of Israel get to Cairo in the coming hours, as announced yesterday by War Cabinetalthough he warned that the differences between the parties “they are dramatic”.

Very Hamas like the rest of the armed factions in the Gaza stripsuch as Palestinian Islamic Jihaddemanded today, in a joint statement to the US Administration Joe Bidenand the rest of the international community, stop this escalation that endangers the lives of hundreds of thousands of Gaza civilians.

At least 100,000 Gazans, Many of them children, injured and disabled as a result of the war, received an evacuation order yesterday morning to leave the east of Rafa and go to a “humanitarian zone” in Al Mawasilocated 20 kilometers away, in the direction Jan Yunis.

All humanitarian organizations repeat that there is no safe zone in Link and, in the last few hours, they insisted that Al Mawasiwhere Israel says it is working new field hospitals and having accumulated food and medicine, it does not have the infrastructure or resources necessary for massive displacement.

Source: Elcomercio

jack

I am Jack Morton and I work in 24 News Recorder. I mostly cover world news and I have also authored 24 news recorder. I find this work highly interesting and it allows me to keep up with current events happening around the world.