Israel refuses to permit entry into the Gaza Strip of the Palestinian caretaker authorities tasked with administering the enclave as a part of US President Donald Trump’s peace plan. Palestinian sources reported this to Haaretz, specifying that the federal government was alleged to enter Gaza this week by means of the Rafah crossing, to start out work by the tip of the week.
Faced with Israel’s refusal, committee members are persevering with to fulfill in Cairo whereas representatives of the mediating international locations, notably Egypt, are working with the United States to approve their entry by the tip of the month.
Meanwhile, Israeli groups have begun to bulldoze the UNRWA headquarters in East Jerusalem, whereas the federal government tightens restrictions on humanitarian organizations that present help to the Palestinians. UNRWA, the UN company for Palestinian refugees, mentioned on X that Israeli forces confiscated the workers’s units and compelled them to desert their headquarters within the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood. «This is an unprecedented assault not solely in opposition to UNRWA and its premises. It constitutes a critical violation of worldwide regulation and the privileges and immunities of the United Nations,” he mentioned.
Israel has lengthy denounced UNRWA for what it calls pro-Palestinian tendencies and accused the group of getting hyperlinks to Hamas, which the UN company has all the time firmly denied. Israel’s Foreign Ministry mentioned the demolition was in software of a brand new regulation banning the group, accusing it of hyperlinks to militant teams and Hamas. Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir mentioned in a press release that he had accompanied the groups to the headquarters and referred to as the day “historic.”
The query of the Board of Peace for Gaza stays open, the group that Donald Trump intends to create to handle peace within the Strip (and with maybe broader ambitions). The president of the United States has invited 50 international locations to hitch it (plus the European Union), aiming to signal the founding settlement on Thursday however to this point few international locations have confirmed their membership whereas England and France have indicated that they intend to refuse the invitation. The listing of invited international locations, seen by Bloomberg, consists of: Albania, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Belarus, Brazil, Canada, China, Cyprus, Egypt, European Commission, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovenia, Korea South, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam. London and Paris have already introduced that they won’t be collaborating.
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