Possible turning point for peace in the Middle East. Hamas has accepted the ceasefire resolution in Gaza presented by the UN Security Council. The faction is ready to “negotiate the details”, specifying that it will then be up to the US to ensure that Israel respects it. For his part, Netanyahu assured Blinken of Israel’s commitment to the ceasefire.
Hamas accepts UN ceasefire resolution
Hamas accepts the ceasefire resolution voted yesterday by the United Nations Security Council and is ready to negotiate the details: Sami Abu Zuhri, a senior Hamas official, told Reuters, adding that it is up to Washington to ensure that Israel respects it. “The US administration is facing a real test to follow through on its commitments to force the occupation to put an immediate end to the war in implementation of the United Nations Security Council resolution,” Zuhri added.
Blinken: “Netanyahu reaffirmed commitment to ceasefire”
The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, on his eighth visit to Israel since the outbreak of the war in Gaza, he met with Israeli opposition representatives Benny Gantz and Yair Lapid in Tel Aviv. The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “reaffirmed his commitment” to the ceasefire in GazaBlinken announced at the end of the meeting.
The UN resolution
The United States receives strong international support for Biden’s plan for a ceasefire in Gaza. The draft resolution, presented to the UN Security Council, passed on Monday evening with 14 votes in favor and Russia abstention. The project in three phases announced by the American president on May 31 and shared with Israel, has the ambition of put an end to hostilities in the Strip, through the progressive withdrawal of the IDF ed the release of all hostages.
Source: Ansa
