US and UK urge Hamas to take ‘generous’ Israeli ceasefire deal over Gaza (www.independent.co.uk)
from jeffw@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 29 Apr 2024 20:59
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autotldr@lemmings.world on 29 Apr 2024 21:00 next collapse

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Hamas negotiators are expected to meet Qatari and Egyptian mediators in Cairo to deliver a response to the phased truce proposal which Israel presented at the weekend.

A second phase of a truce would consist of a “period of sustained calm”, Israel’s compromise response to a Hamas demand for a permanent ceasefire.

Israel retaliated by imposing a total siege on Gaza and mounting an air and ground assault that has killed about 34,500 Palestinians, according to health officials in the Hamas-run strip.

Lord Cameron was among several foreign ministers in Riyadh, including from the US, France, Jordan and Egypt, as part of a diplomatic push to bring an end to the Gaza war.

Mr Blinken reiterated that the United States – Israel’s main diplomatic supporter and weapons supplier – could not back an Israeli ground assault on Rafah if there was no plan to ensure that civilians would not be harmed.

Asked about the overnight airstrikes on Rafah, an Israeli military spokesperson said fighter jets had “struck terror targets where terrorists were operating within a civilian area in southern Gaza”, declining to give details.

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distantsounds@lemmy.world on 29 Apr 2024 21:43 next collapse

A second phase of a truce would consist of a “period of sustained calm”, Israel’s compromise response to a Hamas demand for a permanent ceasefire.

Wow. Fuck Israel and the US & UK for enabling them in this genocide

Rentlar@lemmy.ca on 29 Apr 2024 23:06 next collapse

I’ve been really disgusted by this repeated gaslighting and abuser-kind of rhetoric coming from the US Department of State.

Stuff that has the air of: Agreeing to this (not exactly a ceasefire deal) is the only thing between you and a ceasefire, despite the fact that the US has continually blocked ceasefire motions for 6 months.

Still, anything that can move toward an end of hostilities can be good.

Tryptaminev@lemm.ee on 30 Apr 2024 08:12 collapse

So give us all your leverage and trust us that we will not just rob, rape and murder you like we did for the past three quarters of a century. We promise this time it is different wink wink

What a generous deal…