The United States “they asked the Egyptian and Qatari mediators to exert maximum pressure in the coming days Hamas to accept President Joe Biden’s “three-step proposal to put an end to the war in Gaza. The Lebanese online newspaper al-Nashra said this, citing Arab sources.
According to the same sources “the proposal to deploy Arab forces in the Gaza Strip is not accepted by Hamas and is not supported by Cairo, but research into alternative security guarantees is underway”.
“The position is clear” of Hamas, which asks “Israel to withdraw from the entire Gaza Strip”, Razi Hamed, a member of the political office of Hamas, declared to al-Jazeera. “Our position is clear and direct. Occupying Israel must withdraw from the entire Gaza Strip. We are determined that troops withdraw completely from the Rafah crossing and the Philadelphia corridor.”
According to Hamed “the United States is complicit in the aggression and genocide in Gaza” so “they are not an honest mediator and are trying to push the parties to reach an agreement taking into account the interests of the occupation”.
Netanyahu Office: “US weapons are arriving”
“The US ambassador to Israel, Jack Lew, told Prime Minister Netanyahu yesterday that the ammunition and weapons the prime minister referred to are in the process of being delivered to Israel.” The office of the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, wrote this on the social network and ammunition for Israel.”
According to the Wall Street Journal, US officials said the Biden administration would not pursue the sale of a fleet of F-15 fighter jets to Israel, even after congressional leaders gave the green light to a major arms deal on last month. The sale of 50 warplanes for $18 billion is one of the largest arms deals with Israel in recent years.
Egypt denies sending troops under UN auspices to Gaza after IDF withdrawal
Egypt has meanwhile denied reports that it will send its troops to the Gaza Strip for a limited period as part of a United Nations mission following the complete withdrawal of the Israel Defense Forces. A ”high-ranking” Egyptian source declared this to the Qatari-owned newspaper Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, defining the news circulating on the matter as ”totally and completely false”. Egypt’s position, the official said, is not to send troops to Gaza in any form.
Previously, news had circulated that Egypt was ready to participate in an Arab task force in the Gaza Strip under the auspices of the UN for a limited period and after the IDF withdrew from the Palestinian enclave.
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