Thursday, 22 August 2024

GAZA CEASEFIRE DEAL TEETERS ON THE EDGE OF COLLAPSE

 Middle East on the brink! Gaza ceasefire deal teeters on the edge of collapse with US official warning 'all out confrontation' could follow

The ceasefire deal to bring an end to the fighting in Gaza is teetering on the edge of collapse, with a US official warning that an 'full blown confrontation' could follow. A man carries a child injured in an Israeli strike on Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on November 20, 2023

A man carries a child injured in an Israeli strike on Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on November 20, 2023

US, Israeli, Egyptian and Qatari negotiators, who are expected to meet in Cairo this weekend, have for months struggled to bridge differences between Israel and Hamas.

US President Joe Biden stressed to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu 'the urgency of bringing the ceasefire and hostage release deal to closure and discussed upcoming talks in Cairo to remove any remaining obstacles,' a White House statement said.

But Israel and Hamas held to their demands, with Politico quoting a US official warning that 'if we don't get the deal there's a chance that Iean attacks and this escalates into a full-blown confrontation'. 

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