The conflict continues in the Gaza Strip where dozens of deadly Israeli strikes took place this Sunday March 31. While the French, Egyptian and Jordanian foreign ministers called on Saturday evening for an “immediate and permanent ceasefire” in Gaza, discussions for a truce are resuming in Cairo.
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⇒ Negotiations for a truce resume in Cairo
⇒ France, Jordan and Egypt call for “permanent” ceasefire in Gaza
⇒ Demonstrations for the end of the war and the release of hostages
Truce: negotiations resume in Cairo
Negotiations for a truce between Israel and Hamas are to resume this Sunday March 31 in Cairo, according to the pro-government Egyptian media Al-Qahera News, close to the Egyptian security services. “A source confirmed to Al-Qahera News the resumption of negotiations for a truce between Israel and Hamas in the Egyptian capital,” the channel said.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Friday that he had given the green light to new talks. At least 75 people were killed overnight from Saturday to Sunday in Israeli raids on the Gaza Strip, according to the Health Ministry of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, in power in Gaza since 2007.
France, Jordan and Egypt call for “permanent” ceasefire
The French, Egyptian and Jordanian foreign ministers called on Saturday evening for an “immediate and permanent ceasefire” in Gaza and the release of all Israeli hostages held by Hamas. During a joint press conference in Cairo, the head of French diplomacy Stéphane Séjourné declared that his government would present “in the coming weeks” a proposed resolution to the UN Security Council which would put forward a solution “politics” to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
“To sustainably emerge from this crisis we need a political solution, it is known, it is the two-state solution, it is the only one that can guarantee peace and security for Israelis and Palestinians alike,” he said. estimated. This “solution” defended by the international community is rejected by the government of Benjamin Netanyahu.
Demonstrations for the end of the war and the release of hostages
Thousands of Israeli Arabs called for an end to the conflict in Gaza during a rally Saturday in Deir Hanna, northern Israel. “Stop the war on Gaza”, “Gaza, do not waver!”, could be read on the signs of participants who walked the streets of the city to the main square. Israeli Arab MPs were at the forefront of the march, which was attended by small groups of Jews, some carrying slogans in Hebrew such as: “Jews and Arabs refuse to be enemies.” Protests also took place in Tunis, Tunisia, and London, United Kingdom.
For their part, the families of Israeli hostages held in Gaza by Hamas called for a mass rally in front of Parliament in Jerusalem next week, while thousands gathered on Saturday to support them in Tel Aviv. In Jerusalem, hundreds of people gathered outside the home of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and demanded his resignation.