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UK calls on Israel to ‘allow much more aid’
UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper has called on Israel to “allow much more aid in and open all the routes and crossings immediately”. The Foreign Office announced that more than 1,000 tents have been allowed into Gaza following months of delay.
Cooper’s announcement comes amid repeated calls from human rights groups and protesters for the government to end its alleged complicity in Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, as it provides vital components of F-35 jets and operates Shadow R1 surveillance flights over the enclave.
Qatar says hopes to push Hamas, Israel to next phase of talks ‘very soon’
Qatar says it hopes Israel and Hamas could be brought to a new phase of negotiations for a continued peace deal in the Palestinian territory. “We think that we should be pushing the parties to stage two very, very soon,” said Foreign Ministry spokesperson Majed al-Ansari.
“That includes, of course, the issues that are complicating the situation, like the fighters in the tunnels behind the Yellow Line, like the incidents that take place every couple of days,” Majed al-Ansari said.
All but the bodies of two captives remain in Gaza, but Israel has accused the Palestinian groups of dragging their feet on handing over the remains. Hamas has said the process of retrieving the bodies has been slow because the bodies have been under the vast piles of rubble left by two years of war.
“As we have always said, the logistical situation in Gaza would certainly make it difficult to reach this result,” Ansari said, referring to the return of the bodies. He added that the return of the remains should not be a hindrance to reaching stage two.
Egypt’s FM calls for international efforts on continuation of Gaza ceasefire
Egypt’s Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty has called for coordinated international efforts to consolidate the Gaza ceasefire agreement and have it reach the second phase, which includes an international stabilisation force to be deployed in the Strip.
Abdelatty stressed the need to ensure the flow of humanitarian and medical aid to Gaza’s population and to preserve the Strip’s territorial integrity, according to a statement released during his visit to the German capital, Berlin.
