While negotiations for the second phase of the truce agreement between Israel and Hamas Patinent, the Civil Defense of Gaza said, on Saturday March 15, that strikes from the Israeli army in the north of the Palestinian territory had killed nine people, including journalists.
“Nine dead have been brought [à l’hôpital]including several journalists and employees of the Al-Khair charitable organization, in a drone strike in Beit Lahya, while artillery [israélienne] bombed in the same area “said the spokesman for the organization, Mahmoud Bassal, with the France-Presse agency (AFP)
The Israeli army said it had launched two strikes against “Two terrorists piloting a drone” in this city, then against a vehicle carrying “Other terrorists who came to recover” The drone. For its part, Hamas denounced a “Clear violation” of the truce in the Gaza Strip, after this “Horrible massacre in the north of the Gaza Strip”.
According to the rescue services, the team of journalists was made up of at least three photographers, one of which was specialized in the images of drone, and a driver. Two of the photojournalists worked for the Ayn television channel.
Two members of the NGO of which his spokesperson are also among the victims, have added the emergency services. Hamas government communications department, Ismaïl Al-Thawabteh, told AFP that “Journalists used a drone to take images of a large table installed for Ramadan” When the strikes took place, while “The nature of their work was clear”.
“Psychological war”
In addition, the Islamist organization again proposed, on Saturday, the release of Edan Alexander, a 21-year-old soldier kidnapped during the October 7 attack and to make the bodies of four other Israeli-American hostages, as part of the Truce negotiations in Gaza. This offer was rejected by Israel and the United States. The White House accused Hamas of wanting to save time, saying that he was doing a “Very bad bet by thinking that time plays in his favor”.
“We want to solidify the ceasefire agreement and force [Israël] to apply the terms “a spokesman for the Islamist movement, Abdellatif al-Qanoua, told AFP, accusing Israel of ” to delay “ its implementation. He mentioned the blocking of humanitarian aid at the entrance to the Gaza Strip since March 2.
This agreement provides in exchange for the release of Palestinians detained in Israeli prisons, the number of which is still negotiated, according to this official. Since the entry into force of the Truce in Gaza, on January 19, after fifteen months of war, Hamas returned 33 hostages including eight dead, and Israel released around 1,800 Palestinian detainees.
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The exchange agreement is however conditioned on the continuation of negotiations for a permanent ceasefire, with a maximum period of fifty days to achieve results. These include unlocking aid as soon as the exchange agreement is signed and the withdrawal of the Israeli army from the Philadelphia corridor, a buffer area along the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt.
The office of the Israeli Prime Minister, Benyamin Netanyahu, denounced the “Manipulation and psychological war” Hamas in these indirect negotiations that have been taking place in Doha since Tuesday. Mr. Netanyahu must bring together ministers on Saturday evening “To receive a detailed report from the negotiator team and decide on the next steps for the release of the hostages”according to his office. There are 58 hostages retained in Gaza, 34 of which were declared dead by the Israeli army.