International pressure increases to reach a truce in the Gaza strip. The day before, The Israeli army has intensified its offensive In order to “defeat” Hamas in the devastated and besieged Palestinian territory.
This Sunday, civil defense announced 33 dead in new Israeli strikes. Local help had already reported at least 32 dead on Saturday, mostly women and children.
We must “stop the massacre in Gaza”
While Hamas has announced the resumption of indirect negotiations with Israel in Doha “Without any prerequisite”, calls have multiplied to silence the weapons.
We must “stop the massacre in Gaza,” said Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. “That’s enough,” said the head of Italian diplomacy, Antonio Tajani.
“A whole people are subject to overwhelming and disproportionate military force,” said European Council President Antonio Costa.
A call to the ceasefire
“In Gaza, the situation of the Palestinians is more than hidden and more than inhuman,” castigated the boss of the UN Antonio Guterres, on the fringes of the Arab summit in Baghdad, asking for a “permanent ceasefire”.
A final statement from the Arab Summit has requested increased international pressures to stop “bloodshed” in Gaza.
Ally of Israel, the head of American diplomacy, Marco Rubioreiterated on the CBS channel on Saturday his call to the ceasefire but blamed Hamas, refusing to decide on the new Israeli offensive.
More than 53,000 dead in Gaza
Without agreement on the release of hostages, “we anticipate that Israel will continue its operations,” he said.
The October 7 attack led to the death of 1,218 people on the Israeli side, mostly civilians, according to an AFP count based on official data. Of the 251 people then kidnapped, 57 remain retained in Gaza, 34 of which were declared dead by the army.
Israeli reprisals killed at least 53,272 Gazaouis, mostly civilians, according to the latest data from the Ministry of Health of the Hamasdeemed reliable by the UN.
Israel has sworn to destroy Hamas and its offensive pushed the 2.4 million inhabitants to move several times and caused a humanitarian disaster.
