Diplomatic negotiations prompted the Israeli government to approve a ceasefire with the Islamist movement Hamas, in power in Gaza. The Israeli security cabinet, bringing together Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the country’s security elite, met Thursday evening to decide on the continuation of the operations.
The strikes were still heavy Thursday afternoon in the Gaza Strip, where five people were killed, bringing the number of Palestinians dead in the enclave to 232, according to Hamas counts. On the Israeli side, twelve people lost their lives in rocket fire.
The continuation of Israeli and Palestinian fire is “unacceptable”, its Secretary General Antonio Guterres told the UN General Assembly Thursday, saying “the clashes should end immediately”.
After US President Joe Biden’s call for immediate “de-escalation” and Washington’s refusal to support a French resolution at the UN, Germany entered the scene on Thursday.
German foreign minister Heiko Maas traveled to Israel, where he visited affected sites on Thursday. He argued that the Israeli strikes on Gaza fell within the “right to self-defense”, while calling for an early cessation of hostilities.
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