Israel-Hamas maintains ceasefire when UN launches Gaza aid appeal | Gaza News

The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas came on Tuesday as mediators spoke with all sides to extend the peace period, as the bombings over the years have killed at least 248 Palestinians, including 66 children, and killed 248 Palestinians, including 66 children.

Egyptian mediators are trying to maintain the ceasefire between Israel and the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, and have also met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the occupied West Bank.

Egypt’s foreign minister was also due to meet with Jordan’s top officials on Sunday to discuss ways to scale up and revive the Middle East peace process.

On Sunday, in a heavily affected neighborhood in Gaza City, volunteers carried clouds of dust to the foot of collapsed buildings, and others to the rubble in the back of a cart pulled by a donkey.

Elsewhere, dozens of Jewish settlers, flanked by powerful Israeli armies, entered the occupied East Jerusalem of the Al-Aqsa mosque, escalating tensions after Palestinian worshipers were beaten and attacked by Israeli police, which was controlled by Islamic authorities. area.

Witnessing the news, the Palestinian news agency WAFA said that Israeli police had attacked Palestinian worshipers who had been praying at dawn in the mosque earlier on Sunday and “beaten them too much” to make way for the Israeli settlers to storm the compound – the third holiest site in Islam.

Urgent With the support of the occupying forces … The storm of the settlers # Al-Aqsa mosque Blessed. pic.twitter.com/GO7iMcPrxN

– Quds News Network (@qudsn) May 23, 2021

see | The occupation forces graduated the young men # Al-Aqsa mosque, A little earlier. pic.twitter.com/ljOxSTIP9G

– Quds News Network (@qudsn) May 23, 2021

Translation: Protected by the occupation forces, the settlers attack the holy mosque of Al-Aqsa.

The occupation forces pulled the young man out of the Al-Aqsa mosque a few moments ago.

Lynn Hastings, the humanitarian coordinator for the United Nations in the Palestinian territories, said on Sunday that the UN would file an appeal in a heavily densely populated besieged enclave to repair the damage threatening to spread COVID-19.

“The escalation has already exacerbated the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza, caused by nearly 14 years of blockades and internal political divisions, along with ongoing hostilities,” Hastings said in a statement from Gaza.

“We also need to secure support to continue to address existing needs, including those caused by the ongoing pandemic.”

Repression of worshipers by Israeli police in the Al-Aqsa Mosque building in the holy month of Ramadan forced threats to expel Muslims and Palestinians from the East Jerusalem houses sparked protests throughout the occupied Palestinian territories, suppressed by Israeli police. as well.

Wherever you go there is destruction in Gaza. And yet, I didn’t get to the most influential sites! #Gaza pic.twitter.com/NkKjOqEWUi

– Muhammad Smiry (@MuhammadSmiry) May 23, 2021

Hamas, the group that controls the New Gaza Strip, has given Israel a deadline to stop its crackdown. The deadline has not been taken into account, and as a result, Hamas has fired rockets at Israel, and Israel has launched an intensive bombing campaign in Gaza.

Israel has blocked Gaza since 2007, which Hamas says prevents it from carrying weapons.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, before making an immediate trip to the region, reaffirmed Washington’s support for a two-state solution so that Israelis and Palestinians can live with “equal security, peace and dignity.”

Jordan’s King Abdullah also stressed the importance of turning the Gaza ceasefire into a long pause, and said there is no alternative to a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians.

King Abdullah “called for an increase in Arab and international efforts to extend the truce to promote a political solution that will fulfill the legitimate rights of Palestinians,” the royal court wrote on Twitter.

Gaza has entered the third day of the ceasefire, but we can confirm that it is not yet a truce.
1- The only individual and commercial passages in Gaza are still closed
2- and is strictly prohibited from fishing
3- 3 hours of electricity / day.
4-it doesn’t seem to have progressed in the negotiation ????????‍♀️

– Hana Salah (@HanaSalahGaza) May 23, 2021

Authorities began distributing tents and mattresses on the Gaza Strip on Saturday, with OCHA saying at least 6,000 people were left homeless as a result of the bombing.

Exchanges of needed medicines, food and fuel were brought into Gaza on Friday from the Kerem Shalom crossing after Israel reopened.

Reconstruction costs for Palestinian officials have been estimated at $ 10 billion in Gaza.

Sitting drinking coffee under an olive tree next to the destroyed house in Gaza, Abou Yahya was angry.

“If I had 50 children, I would tell them to go fight Israel,” he said. An Israeli airstrike hit his house last week, turning it into rubble, and he has pledged to sleep on the rubble.

“My family has asked me to leave, not to sleep here, but I will not change,” he said. “This is my house.”