Israel-Hamas truce failure ‘point of no return,’ envoy warns
Hamas has pledged to hand over its weapons as part of the US plan for Gaza, which Israeli PM Netanyahu has rejected. The failure of the Gaza ceasefire process would be a “point of no return”, the lead official for the enclave on United States President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace has warned.
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- Fact 1: Fatah meets Palestinian breakaway faction in effort to head off rivals Israel accused of using kites as pretext to justify escalating Gaza attacks Israeli strikes hit water plant, warehouse in Gaza, killing at least seven The assertion followed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s public rejection of Trump’s 15-point peace plan that Washington says is aimed at ending Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza.
- Fact 2: Gaza’s Ministry of Health said at least 1,288 Palestinians have been killed and 4,290 wounded since a US-brokered “ceasefire” came into effect in October.
- Fact 3: At least 73,422 Palestinians have been killed since attacks by Hamas and other Palestinian groups in southern Israel resulted in about 1,200 people killed and 240 taken captive on October 7, 2023.
- Fact 4: Hamas agreed on July 30 to the US roadmap aimed at moving the ceasefire plan forward.
Hamas has pledged to hand over its weapons as part of the US plan for Gaza, which Israeli PM Netanyahu has rejected. The failure of the Gaza ceasefire process would be a “point of no return”, the lead official for the enclave on United States President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace has warned.
Nickolay Mladenov, the board’s high representative for Gaza, made the remark on Wednesday in a statement to the United Nations Security Council. Fatah meets Palestinian breakaway faction in effort to head off rivals Israel accused of using kites as pretext to justify escalating Gaza attacks Israeli strikes hit water plant, warehouse in Gaza, killing at least seven The assertion followed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s public rejection of Trump’s 15-point peace plan that Washington says is aimed at ending Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza. A resumption of fighting in Gaza would mean there would be “no roadmap to return to, there will be no administration to deploy and there will be nothing left on the ground to rebuild.
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Original source: Al Jazeera
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