“What Hamas committed on October 7, having killed and taken hostages of civilians, is unacceptable and deserves condemnation, and Hamas should immediately release all the hostages and prisoners,” wrote Abbas in a letter to Emmanuel Macron and Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Muhammad Bin Salman, who will be the co -chastis of the UN conference, this month. aimed at achieving a decision on the creation of two states.
Although Abbas for a long time rejected violence as a tool for promoting the right of Palestinians to self -determination, he refrained from a public condemnation of Hamas’s actions, and one of his assistants claimed that he would not do this while Israel was continuing in the gas sector.
However, Abbas expects to enlist the support of the international community so that Palestinian autonomy can replace Hamas as a ruling power in Gaza, the publication notes.
Context
Israel since October 2023 waging a war against Hamas In response to his attack on the territory of Israel, the murder of civilians and the abduction of more than 100 hostages, some of which were liberated or killed. During the ground operation, accompanied by massive bombing, about 40 thousand people died in the gas sector.
After long discussions of the ceasefire plan on January 15, 2025, Israel and Hamas concluded an agreement on the ceasefire.
February 10 Hamas accused Israel of violating the ceasefire in the gas sector and said that he would not transfer the hostages. In response, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel would resume active hostilities in the gas sector. Later the exchange was continued. However, after the refusal of Hamas, the first stage of the ceasefire agreement, Israel announced termination of the supply of humanitarian aid of gas.
On March 18, the Israeli defense army resumed strokes in the gas sector on the objects of the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas. CNN wrote that, according to the Palestinian healthcare authorities, the number of those who died as a result of Israeli air strikes for the gas sector reached more than 400 people, 562 were injured.
On May 5, the AR, citing two Israeli officials, reported that Israel approved plans to capture the entire gas sector and staying on this territory for an indefinite period of time.
