Islamist group says it won’t ‘negotiate just to negotiate’, raising fears of Iranian attacks on Israel if no deal is agreed
Palestinians inspecting the rubble following overnight Israeli bombardment that hit the Abu Nada family home at the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.Palestinians inspecting the rubble following overnight Israeli bombardment that hit the Abu Nada family home at the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.
In April, after two Iranian generals were killed in a strike on Tehran’s embassy in Syria, Iran launched hundreds of drones, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles towards Israel, damaging two airbases. Almost all of the weapons were shot down before they reached their targets.
“Hamas wants the Biden plan imposed and doesn’t want to negotiate just to negotiate,” the official said, referring to a ceasefire proposal laid out in late May by Biden. The head of Israel’s Mossad overseas spy agency, David Barnea, and Ronen Bar, chief of the Shin Bet internal security service, are part of the Israeli negotiating team, Netanyahu’s spokesperson said., the Tel Aviv Museum of Art said it had stashed away its most valuable pieces, including paintings by Pablo Picasso and Gustav Klimt.
“There is no more time to waste and there’s no more valid excuses from any party for any further delay,” he said after talks with Lebanon’s parliament speaker Nabih Berri. The Gaza war began with Hamas’s 7 October attack on southern Israel, which resulted in the deaths of about 1,200 people, mostly civilians. Militants also seized 251 people, 111 of whom are still held captive in Gaza, including 39 the Israeli military said are dead.
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