Will the warring occasions in the Middle East conform to a ceasefire in the wake of the killing of Hamas’ chief?
That is the call of UN Secretary Customary and the U.N. particular coordinator for the Middle East peace project.
“The Secretary-General (Antonio Guterres) is interested that this now leads to an immediate cease fire, the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages and unrestricted humanitarian access to Gaza,”Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-Customary said Friday (Oct. 18).
“Mr Tor Wennesland [Editor’s Note: the U.N. special coordinator for the Middle East peace process] said that today we are at a critical juncture. We must seize the moment to silence the guns and release the hostages now. He calls on all sides to engage in dialog and reach a deal.”
Benyamin Netanyahu said on Thursday (Oct. 17) Israel ‘settled its myth ‘with unhurried Hamas leader but that war was no longer ended but.
Netanyahu added that his nation’s militia will sustain fighting except the hostages are launched and can remain in Gaza to halt a severely weakened Hamas from rearming.
The Palestinian militant neighborhood has reiterated its stance on the fate of Israeli nationals it kidnapped a one year in the past.
“Those prisoners will not return to you before the end of the aggression on Gaza and the withdrawal from Gaza,” said Khalil al-Hayya, who was Sinwar’s Qatar-based deputy and headed up the neighborhood’s delegation during a number of rounds of ceasefire negotiations mediated by the U.S., Qatar and Egypt.
The households of hostages remain caught between deep fear and cautious optimism.
Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant neighborhood said Friday (Oct. 18) it is entering a recent half in its fight against invading Israeli troops, as the jam reckons with the killing of high Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in a battle with Israeli forces in Gaza.
