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This decision complicates matters and affects the negotiation process, and Hamas doesn't respond to pressures,
said senior Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri
Israel is trying to reset the situation to zero by mixing the cards,
he told Al Araby TV
We are still holding talks in which we are committed to returning our hostages home,
Science minister Gila Gamliel told Israel’s Channel 12 TVEgypt will take responsibility for the management of the Gaza Strip for eight years, which could be extended to 15 years,
Lapid wrote
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The Palestinian Authority is neither willing nor able to govern Gaza in the near future. Israeli occupation is neither possible nor desirable, and a constant state of chaos is both a security threat to Israel and an ongoing humanitarian disaster for Gaza,
Israeli opposition leader, Yair Lapid, argued in a column in the Haaretz newspaperI am very happy that my brother will be released tomorrow, but this is not logical in any way to separate families,
Eitan said in the footage
Only a ceasefire agreement brings them back alive."
The video, which has not been independently verified, was published on Telegram with the messageWe affirm our keenness to complete the remaining stages of the ceasefire agreement, leading to a comprehensive and permanent ceasefire, full withdrawal of the occupation forces from the Gaza Strip, reconstruction and lifting the siege,
the Palestinian militant group said, referring to terms of the deal previously outlined by mediators
We will not withdraw from the Philadelphi Corridor. We will not allow Hamas murderers to roam our borders again with trucks and rifles, and we will not let them rearm through smuggling,
an Israeli official told NBC News on Thursday, referring to the weapons and other materials that entered Gaza over the Egyptian border
The war has created a psychological state for us. I try to overcome the experiences I lived by working, channeling the negative energy into my work, ... I am worried that the war will resume. It was the worst day of our lives.”
she said, addingThe relevant parties have begun intensive talks to discuss the next phases of the truce agreement, amid ongoing efforts to ensure the implementation of the previously agreed understandings."
On Thursday, Egypt's State Information Service said
The coming days are critical. The parties must spare no effort to avoid a breakdown of this deal,
Guterres said in New YorkThe second phase of the ceasefire agreement is supposed to begin tomorrow morning, Sunday … but the occupation is still procrastinating and continuing to violate the agreement,
the source told Agence-France PresseRamadan has come this year, and we are on the streets with no shelter, no work, no money, nothing,
said Ali Rajih, a resident of the hard-hit Jabaliya camp in north GazaBut I think the ceasefire probably won’t collapse also,
he added
We said we are ready to extend the framework [of phase one] in return for the release of more hostages. If it is possible, we’ll do that.”
On Thursday, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar told reporters
The American envoy Steve Witkoff has indicated he wants to explore the idea of extending phase one, which is the Israeli position,
he told Al JazeeraThat’s been left up in the air as the mediators try to contain this crisis and prevent a return to fighting that will bring nothing but further devastation to the people of Gaza,
he added
At this fragile moment, we must avoid a resumption of hostilities that would deepen the suffering and further destabilize a region that is already perched on a knife's edge,
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in an X post on FridayFor a year and four months my legs were shackled with chains with very, very heavy locks that cut into your flesh,
Sharabi said