The Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas estimated early Friday, after the departure of its delegation from Egypt where talks are taking place, that the “ball is entirely in Israel’s court” with a view to a truce agreement in the Strip. Gaza.
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“The negotiating delegation left Cairo towards Doha. The occupation rejected the proposal submitted by the mediators which we had accepted. As a result, the ball is now entirely in the court of the occupation,” as Israel is called by the Islamist movement, Hamas said in a letter sent to other Palestinian factions.
Egypt calls on Hamas and Israel to show ‘flexibility’
Egypt calls on Hamas and Israel to show “flexibility” in order to achieve “as quickly as possible” a truce in the fighting in Gaza combined with the release of hostages, according to a statement from its Foreign Ministry .
Israeli-Palestinian conflict: clashes break out between police and demonstrators at the University of Amsterdam (photos)
During a telephone interview with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Choukri stressed “the importance of urging the parties to demonstrate flexibility and to deploy all necessary efforts to achieve a truce agreement and thus put an end to the humanitarian tragedy” in Gaza, the ministry said.
