Israel accelerated the operation in Gaza by intensifying attacks with troops and tanks inside the Strip, although it specified that this is not yet the planned ground invasion. Meanwhile, the UN, its agencies and international humanitarian organizations announced that they had lost contact with all their personnel in the affected territory due to the blackout and the collapse of communications networks in the Palestinian enclave. Tel Aviv has also decided that as ground operations in Gaza progress, humanitarian aid will increase and many trucks loaded with food and medicine will be able to enter the Strip after, of course, having been inspected at the Rafah crossing. The ban remains on fuel that Israel says would allow Hamas to power the power generators that pump oxygen into the tunnels.
The US administration, which has been trying to mediate and work towards a compromise since the start of the conflict, said it was “very concerned” about a possible escalation of the war between Israel and Hamas. The Islamic, Sunni and fundamentalist Palestinian political and paramilitary organization, for its part, denied any possibility of negotiation. “There were negotiations and also political efforts to reach an agreement” on the ceasefire and prisoner exchange, but “after Israel’s latest attacks on Gaza” there are no more talks. This was stated by Hamas spokesman Osama Hamdan, cited by Al Jazeera.
Source: IL Tempo
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