The US Secretary of State is drafting a statement calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. He has conducted discussions in Egypt and indicated that he planned to continue the talks with Israel. The U.S. aspires to arrange for Israeli troops to remain in Gaza after the cessation of the drawn-out war, but Hamas insists otherwise. Hamas has already accused the U.S. and its allies of helping Israel drag out a resolution to the fighting, demanding that any ceasefire halt all Israeli attacks against it.
Hamas shared Israel’s new demands, leading to global calls for Netanyahu to accept Biden’s ceasefire deal by the 31st. The UN Security Council backed the proposal on June 11. Tensions remain high, and both sides remain cautious.
Hamas spokesperson Osama Hamdan said Israel backed out of key parts of Biden’s plan. He added that without Israel’s agreement, the U.S. cannot push them to accept the revised deal.
Biden countered that it was Hamas who broke the deal with Israel. The deal, he wrote is “far from dead,” but it’s in a precarious place. However, Hamas is now backing down from this scene, even though Israel seems interested in solving it. Hamas, in turn, dismissed Biden’s comments as misleading and said they were prepared to strike a deal but that the new terms changed what was understood by them as agreed upon.
Hamas also said the new proposal meets all of Netaynahu’s demands except a full ceasefire, citing his calls for leaving Israeli troops in Gaza and securing areas like the Netzarim Corridor, and Rafah crossing coverage by cameras or international force that Israel can access anytime they want.
It did, however, have risen a day after U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken conferenced with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in the town of El Alamein on Tuesday. But El-Sisi warns that the casualties in this Israeli war in Gaza could soon start to spread uncontrollably throughout other parts of the region. Saying the violence must stop, he urged that it be followed by international recognition of a Palestinian state: In his view, only two states ᅳ Israel and Palestine coexisting side by side in peace and security ᅳ can bring about an end to violence.