Ceasefires in Gaza and Lebanon appeared to be in jeopardy on Sunday as disputes continued over key deadlines, and local health officials said Israeli forces opened fire on both fronts.
in Gaza, Israel blamed Hamas. There, the order of hostages has been changed and released in violation of the ceasefire. Referring to this, Israel has prevented thousands of Palestinians from returning to the northern part. Gaza Strip As expected by Sunday. Israeli forces opened fire on the crowd, killing two people, local health officials said.
Israel said that the civilian hostages of Erbil Jews should have been released. Before the four soldiers were released on Saturday. The United States, Qatar and Egypt were acting as mediators on this issue.
This was reported by health authorities in Lebanon The Israeli army opened fire. At least 22 people were killed on protesters in the south who demanded that Israel withdraw in accordance with the ceasefire agreement.
In addition, Hamas and Jordanian officials rejected US President Donald Trump’s suggestion that most of Gaza’s population should be settled elsewhere, at least temporarily.Including Egypt and Jordan.
The war in Gaza began when Hamas-led militants launched an attack in southern Israel on October 7, 2023, killing around 1,200 people and abducting around 250. Victim children and women, according to Gaza’s health ministry, which does not distinguish between fighters and civilians.
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Relatives of 4 female Israeli soldiers freed from captivity in Gaza expressed their joy over their release.
Tel Aviv, Israel – In their first public comments since being reunited with their loved ones, relatives of four female Israeli soldiers freed from captivity in Gaza expressed joy and gratitude for their release but said their struggle was Time will not end until all hostages are returned. .
“Our Larry is home, but there are 90 other hostages, and they should have been released already,” Eli Albaugh, the father of freed hostage Larry Alabug, said in a statement to the press at the hospital where the women are being examined. . . He said that he insulted the ministers who voted against the ceasefire agreement.
Karina Arief, 20, Daniela Gilboa, 20, Naama Levy, 20, and Larry Albag, 19, were released by Hamas on Saturday after more than 15 months in captivity. In return, Israel released 200 Palestinian prisoners. The hospital authorities have stated that the condition of four women is stable.
Daniella’s mother, Orly Gilboa, said her daughter “became thin and pale again” but that she was “still the same wonderful child.”
The family thanked everyone who made the release possible, singling out US President Donald Trump and his Middle East envoy Steve Wittkoff for special thanks.
“Because of your powerful actions, we have our lives back,” Kareena Arief’s sister Sasha Arief said, addressing Trump directly in English. “You made this deal possible after so many months, when it seemed like all hope was lost.”
Earlier on Sunday, the first three women freed from Gaza in the current ceasefire were released from the hospital, a Sheba Medical Center spokesman said.
The Palestinian president has condemned Trump’s proposal to ‘cleanse’ the Gaza Strip.
RAMALLAH, West Bank – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s office has strongly condemned US President Donald Trump’s proposal to “cleanse” the Gaza Strip and called on Egypt and Jordan to admit more Palestinians.
In a statement, the Palestinian Authority, which exercises limited control over parts of the Israeli-occupied West Bank, said the potential mass exodus from the Gaza Strip was a “violation of red lines against We have warned many times.”
“Our people will not go,” the statement said. “We warn of the consequences of such a dangerous Israeli policy that contributes to severing ties with the Gaza Strip and displacing its people, which will lead to instability and insecurity.”
Trump’s remarks, which suggest encouraging Palestinians to leave Gaza, are central to Palestinian fears that they will be expelled from what remains of their homeland.
The Palestinian Authority said it was ready to assume its full responsibilities in the Gaza Strip in the hope that an independent Palestinian state would eventually be established. The Palestinian Authority, based in the West Bank city of Ramallah, briefly controlled Gaza after Israeli troops withdrew in 2005, only to be ousted by rival Hamas two years later.
France will consider allowing Israeli companies to participate in the Paris Air Show.
PARIS — France will consider allowing Israeli companies to participate in the Paris Air Show in June, thanks to ceasefire agreements in Gaza and Lebanon, the French president’s office said Sunday.
This was among the results of talks between French President Emmanuel Macron and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday.
Macron said France hoped to speed up the release of the remaining hostages in Gaza, including two French nationals. Macron also urged Israel to allow “massive” aid to the Gaza population, and to fulfill its commitments to withdraw troops from Lebanon under a cease-fire brokered by the United States and France. .
Netanyahu asked about Israeli participation in the upcoming Paris Air Show at Le Bourget, a major industry event. According to Macron’s office, the French president said Israel’s participation could be favorably considered as a result of the cease-fires in Gaza and Lebanon.
Tensions surrounded Israel’s participation in the two. Exhibition of Arms in France Last year, Eurosatry and Euronovel. The French government did not want Israel to display weapons used in its wars in Gaza and Lebanon.
The Islamic Jihad group says a hostage dispute has been resolved.
RAMALLAH, West Bank — A spokesman for Islamic Jihad, Gaza’s second-largest militant group, says an Israeli hostage standoff that prevented Palestinians from returning home to northern Gaza has been resolved.
Mohammed al-Haj Musa added in a statement that the group told mediators that the Erbil Jewish hostages would be released before Saturday, when the next hostage exchange from Gaza is scheduled for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli custody.
There was no immediate comment from Israel, which has accused Hamas of violating the ceasefire by reversing the order to release the hostages. He expected Jews to be freed later this week, and has restricted Palestinian movement in northern Gaza.
UNRWA has warned that there will be far-reaching consequences if Israel goes ahead with its closure.
RAMALLAH, West Bank — The United Nations refugee agency for Palestine refugees says the external impact on tens of thousands of Palestinians could be immediate and severe if Israel follows through on Thursday’s threat to close its East Jerusalem headquarters. will be felt.
The agency, known as UNRWA, operates 12 facilities that provide vital public services throughout East Jerusalem, including schools enrolling at least 1,200 children and free clinics serving more than 70,000 people.
“That’s the point, it affects people’s lives,” UNRWA spokeswoman Juliet Touma said of the potential shutdown.
At the Shafaat refugee camp, in a poor neighborhood, “today people can just walk a few meters and they’re in an excellent clinic,” Touma said. But if it is closed, he said, tens of thousands of Palestinians will have to cross a difficult checkpoint, pay for transportation and, even if they have access to basic Israeli health care. If eligible, you will also have to pay to see a doctor or get the medicine. A blood test.
“We are talking about the poorest of the poor,” Toma said. “Right now they have no alternative.”
He said closing UNRWA schools would create all kinds of problems because there are already too few classrooms in the crowded Palestinian areas of East Jerusalem.
Touma said much about the Israeli order was unclear, including whether the ban would apply only to operations in East Jerusalem or to the entire Palestinian territories.
Israel says the agency has allowed itself to be infiltrated by Hamas, a charge the United Nations denies.
Israel’s far-right leaders have backed Trump’s Palestinian settlement proposal.
TEL AVIV, Israel – Finance Minister Bezalel Smutrich and former National Security Minister Atmar Ben-Goverr both want Israel to establish Jewish settlements in Gaza, backing Trump’s remarks calling it “voluntary migration.”
Palestinians and many of their supporters see it as a code of ethnic cleansing.
In a post on X Sunday, Smutrich called the idea of ​​”helping (Palestinians) find other places to start new, better lives” very good and said he would like Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to that end. Will work together with.
Ben Gower, who left Netanyahu’s government over the current cease-fire in Gaza, said Trump’s remarks gave Israel the green light to move forward with “voluntary migration.”
He said in a statement that when the president of the world’s largest superpower brings it forward himself, the government of Israel must implement it.
Netanyahu has said that the construction of Jewish settlements in Gaza is not realistic. Israel withdrew troops and settlers from Gaza in 2005, but the blockade of the territory with Egypt remains in place.
UNRWA says Israel ordered it to vacate its Jerusalem headquarters.
JERUSALEM — The United Nations agency for Palestine refugees says its staff has been instructed to vacate the premises by Thursday.
Israel Law passed last year Sever all ties with the agency and prevent it from operating in your area. It says the aid agency in the Gaza Strip has allowed itself to be infiltrated by Hamas, allegations the United Nations denies.
In a statement on Sunday, the agency known as UNRWA said the evacuation order “contradicts the obligations under international law of United Nations member states,” including Israel. “The premises of the United Nations are inviolable and enjoy the privileges and immunities under the Charter of the United Nations.”
UNRWA closed its East Jerusalem headquarters last May after Israeli protesters set fire to its premises.
Senior Hamas official rejects Trump’s Palestinian relocation proposal.
Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip — Bassim Na’im said that “no matter how well-intentioned it may be under the guise of reconstruction,” the Palestinian people would never agree to such a proposal.
He also said that the Palestinians can rebuild Gaza “even better than before”. If Israel lifts its blockade.
Israeli army killed 2 Palestinians in Gaza.
Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip – Israeli forces fired into crowds on three occasions overnight and on Sunday. A child is among the dead, according to Al-Awda Hospital, which received the injured.
There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military.
Israel has withdrawn from several areas of Gaza as part of a cease-fire that took effect last Sunday, but the army has warned people to stay away from its forces, which are still on the border. Simultaneously operating in a buffer zone within Gaza. Netzaram Corridor
