“Israel has more or less accepted the agreement for a six-week ceasefire in Gaza,” a senior US official said in a telephone call with a small group of journalists.
A senior US government official emphasized this in a telephone conversation with a small group of journalists “The agreement on a ceasefire is “on the table” and now “the ball is in Hamas’s court.” “The Israelis have more or less accepted it. A six-week ceasefire could begin today if Hamas agrees to the release of the hostages at risk,” the official explained, specifying that for now the talks “continue” to reach an agreement until the start of Ramadan, on March 10 or 11 .
The United States has begun dropping aid into the Gaza Strip using military aircraft. This was reported by an American official. Three Air Forces Central C-130s dropped 66 packages containing about 38,000 meals into Gaza at 8:30 a.m. American time and 2:30 p.m. in Italy, two U.S. officials told the Washington Post. Today's intervention by the US Air Force, military radio said, was “a clear sign of Washington's dissatisfaction” with Israel over the serious humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip. Humanitarian aid deliveries to the Gaza Strip today took place in three different phases: Egyptian planes carried out in the morning, American planes in the afternoon, and then Jordanian planes. This was announced by military radio, according to which the flights here were “coordinated to the minute with the Israeli Air Force.” The broadcaster reported that planes from the United Arab Emirates and France had also carried out similar takeoffs in recent days. This growing air traffic “makes the Israeli Air Force’s operations in Gaza more complex.”
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At least ten Palestinians were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a tent in Rafah today, the Hamas-controlled health ministry in the Gaza Strip said. Portal writes it online. The airstrike occurred in an area where displaced Palestinians had sought refuge, outside the Emirates Hospital in the Tel Al-Sultan suburb of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. Gaza's Health Ministry said the victims included a doctor who worked at the hospital.
The Rafah massacre
The acting director of al-Awda Hospital in Jabalia, Mohammed Salha, says around 80% of the wounded brought to his health facility in the massacre during the humanitarian aid line in Gaza had gunshot wounds. This is reported by the Arabic broadcaster Al Jazeera.
Of the 176 wounded who were brought to al-Awda Hospital, 142 suffered gunshot wounds, while the other 34 had injuries resulting from a hasty escape, Salha said, specifying that he did not provide any information on the cause of death of the victims of the incident could do because the… Their bodies were transported to other facilities.
Previously, UN Secretary-General spokesman Stéphane Dujarric said that a UN team visiting Al-Shifa hospital “was able to confirm that many of the people treated there were victims of Thursday's attack near Gaza.” they had gunshot wounds.”
The Hamas-run Palestinian Health Ministry said three more bodies were found in connection with the massacre, which took place near the city of Gaza during the humanitarian rush The total number of victims of the incident was 115. Around 760 people were injured.
The negotiations
Egyptian security sources tell Al Arabiya that negotiations on the ceasefire in Gaza and the exchange of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners will resume tomorrow, Sunday, in Cairo. “There is talk of a long ceasefire in Gaza and an exchange,” the source says, “but in order to reach an agreement, Israel's withdrawal from the northern Gaza Strip and the return of the displaced must be established.”
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