Hamas says sure to a ceasefire, “the ball is now in Israel’s court” | EUROtoday

Un once more in the direction of the truce? While the IDF ordered the evacuation of the jap a part of Rafah in preparation for a possible close to floor offensive, Hamas indicated in an announcement that it accepted the proposal of Egypt and Qatar for a ceasefire. -fire with Israel. “Ismail Haniyeh, head of the Hamas political bureau, spoke by telephone with Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdelrahmane Al Thani and Egyptian Intelligence Minister Abbas Kamel and informed them that Hamas had approved their proposal for “ceasefire agreement”, we can read in a press release published on the website of the Palestinian movement.

Furthermore, a Hamas executive, on condition of anonymity, told Agence France Presse that “the ball is now in the court” of Israel, which has the choice “between accepting the ceasefire agreement -fire, or obstruct it.”

Shots within the air as a logo of celebration

According to AFP observations, scenes of pleasure and gunfire within the air greeted Monday in Rafah, a city on the southern fringe of the besieged Gaza Strip on which Israel is planning a significant navy offensive, the announcement by Hamas that it had accepted a ceasefire proposal. People are rejoicing and giving glory to God, reported an AFP correspondent on the spot, “people are crying with joy and there is shooting in the air in celebration.”

READ ALSO Does the battle in Gaza have the identical impact because the Vietnam War had?At the identical time, Israel launched an operation this Monday morning geared toward evacuating tens of 1000’s of Palestinian households from the east of the city of Rafah, within the south of the Gaza Strip, the place the military is getting ready a floor offensive in its battle towards Hamas.