FORMER Israeli overseas ministry director Alon Liel says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s authorities won’t be proud of the end result of the UN Safety Council vote.
“I do not suppose the Israeli authorities will likely be glad to listen to the outcomes of the UN Safety Council vote. I feel the Israeli authorities was shocked,” Liel informed Al Jazeera.
Liel mentioned most analysts predicted Russia would veto a US-proposed decision on the UN Safety Council calling for a right away ceasefire in Gaza. “I feel there will likely be a really busy morning discussing it tomorrow,” he mentioned.
Liel added that the important thing nation to strain Israel to implement the UN ceasefire decision was not the USA, however Egypt.
“Egypt is now ready to place monumental strain on Israel to finish the battle. “Day-following-day, the battle is getting nearer to the Egyptian border, deeper into Rafah, with refugees pouring into Egypt,” mentioned Liel.
In the meantime, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society mentioned there are at the moment 9,300 individuals in Israeli prisons.
These embrace:
- 2,056 who’ve been sentenced
- 3,794 had been detained
- 3,450 who’re in administrative detention (with out cost or trial)
The determine contains 9,021 Palestinians from the occupied West Financial institution, 194 from the Gaza Strip (which is thought to rights teams), and 85 from Israel itself. (Al Jazeera/Z-3)
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