At the same time, the US declares that “we would not support a plan that does not take into account one and a half million Palestinians,” as John Kirby, spokesman for the White House National Security Council, said.
The move is seen by many as an attempt by Netanyahu to press for concessions from Hamas in the context of ongoing talks in Cairo aimed at achieving a truce.
Officially, the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, while insisting that Hamas continues to make unrealistic demands, said it would send a delegation to Qatar as part of the exchange negotiations, without specifying when. The White House said it was “moderately optimistic” about the outcome of the negotiations.
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken revealed from Austria that the US is working “intensively” with Egyptian and Qatari mediators to “bridge the remaining gaps” between Israel and Hamas on a ceasefire and agreement on hostages. Mr Blinken said there were “discussions now”
A ship chartered by the Spanish NGO Open Arms, which left Cyprus on Tuesday with 200 tons of food supplied by the American NGO World Central Kitchen (WCK), arrived on Friday (15/3) at a floating dock.
“WKC unloads nearly 200 tonnes of rice, flour, protein and more, which arrived by sea earlier. At the same time as this cargo is being unloaded, our second ship is preparing to leave Cyprus with hundreds of tons of additional food,” the American NGO said with satisfaction via X (the former Twitter).
“Despite the darkness and the difficulties, the work does not stop in Gaza to unload the 200 tons of WCK food (…) We hope that this corridor we are opening today will be a road parallel to the land ones to relieve hunger and suffering” of Gazans, Open Arms bid.
“I want (help) for my children. I want them to live and not starve to death. They eat nothing but weeds, there is no bread either — there is no bread, there is nothing to eat in Gaza. It is the month of Ramadan and there is nothing,” said Abu Isa Ibrahim Filfil, a Palestinian who went to watch the ship’s arrival.
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