The claim of the al-Qassam Brigades: “Response to the Zionist massacres against civilians”. Meanwhile, today several aid trucks entered Gaza through the Kerem Shalom crossing. Egypt: Negotiations resume on Tuesday
Air raid sirens sounded in Tel Aviv and central Israel due to a barrage of rockets fired from the Gaza Strip. It’s the first time this has happened since January. Loud explosions were heard in Tel Aviv, Petah Tikva, Herzliya and Ramat Hasharon as the Kan broadcaster explains.
The al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, claimed responsibility for launching rockets ”in response to the Zionist massacres against civilians”, reports al-Jazeera. According to the Kan broadcaster, the rockets were launched from Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip.
The militiamen of the al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, also claimed to have taken hostage at least one Israeli soldier who, together with others, had raided the Jabalia refugee camp in the north of the Gaza Strip. According to what was stated in a video message by the spokesperson of the al-Qassam Brigades, Abu Obeida, the Israeli soldiers entered a tunnel and were ambushed here. Hamas militiamen ”lured the Zionist force” into a tunnel and here they ”wounded, killed and captured” an unspecified number of Israeli soldiers, says Abu Obeida.
Humanitarian aid enters Gaza
Meanwhile today several humanitarian aid trucks are entering Gaza through the Kerem Shalom crossing. Egypt, after a phone call between Al Sisi and US President Joe Biden last Friday, had agreed to temporarily pass humanitarian aid and UN fuel through the Kerem Shalom crossing until the Rafah crossing, closed since Israel launched the operation to take control of it on May 7th.
PNA: Gaza crossing management entrusted to third parties under study
The United States, Egypt, Israel and the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) are discussing in depth how management of border crossings with the Gaza Strip could be handed over to Palestinians or third parties, a senior official says. of the ANP to the Arab World Press (AWP), as reported on the Ynet website.
”A careful and detailed discussion is underway between the United States, Egypt, the Palestinian Authority and Israel regarding the official Palestinian management of border crossings in the Gaza Strip, with the possibility of a third party or an Egyptian-Palestinian Agreement”, the official explained.
The talks mainly concern the Kerem Shalom and Rafah crossings, as well as other crossings in northern Gaza, which seek to “facilitate the entry of goods and humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip and the movement of people.”
Egypt: Negotiations resume in Cairo on Tuesday
Negotiations will resume on Tuesday in Cairo to try to reach a truce between Israel and Hamas that will allow the release of the hostages still held in the Gaza Strip and the delivery of more aid for the Palestinian population. An Egyptian official close to the negotiations told CNN. An Israeli source confirmed to CNN, on condition of anonymity, that negotiations will resume shortly, but without specifying the place or day.
IDF reduces Rafah operation
And the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reviewed their plan for Rafah and decided to limit operations in view of the resumption of negotiations for the release of the hostages scheduled for Tuesday in Cairo and following requests from the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The Times of Israel writes this citing its source.
