In the issued statement, Hamas announced: armed resistance “cannot stop, except for the full restoration of our national rights, including mainly the establishment of an independent, fully sovereign Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital.”
This declaration was submitted on the day of the visit of the special envoy of the US President Donald Trump, Steve Witkoff, in Tel Aviv, where he met with the families of hostages detained in the Gaza Zone by Hamas.
Witkoff told the gathered that both the majority of Israelis and the inhabitants of Gaza want to return hostages to their homes.
There are still 49 people, living or dead in the Gaza Zone, which Hamas terrorists kidnapped from Israel during the attack of October 2023. The attack caused the ongoing war in Gaza to this day, as a result of which the Ministry of Health Gaza said – over 60,000. Palestinians. Hamas killed 1.2 thousand in 2023 people and abducted 251.
The American envoy visited the Humanitarian Aid Distribution Center on Friday in the Gaza Strip in the area controlled by the Israeli army.
Hamas called his visit to the enclave “prepared earlier a theater, aimed at misleading the public.” The group appealed to the American administration to work for the suspension of weapons.
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Dramatic situation in the Gaza Strip. People die in the queue for food
Hospitals in the Gaza Strip announced on Saturday about killing at least 18 people in Israeli attacks, including several waiting in line for food. 36 Palestinians were injured that day, said the Associated Press agency.
The attack took place, among others In the vicinity of the GHF Foundation Center. The AP interlocutor, who was near the scene of the incident, pointed out that the Palestinians were not near Israeli soldiers and did not pose any threat to them.
From May 27 to July 31, 859 people were killed near GHF centers, AP said, quoting the United Nations report. Hundreds of more people were killed on the routes of food convoys. Israel and GHF declared that the number of victims is exaggerated.
Huckabee's ambassador reminded that the foundation supported by the US and Israel distributed 100 million meals within two months. “Hamas hates GHF because the Foundation enables food distribution (and does not allow) to rob it through Hamas,” said the diplomat.
Critics emphasize, however, that the food distributed by GHF must be cooked, for which water and fuel need (which is not easy in the gas zone of the Gaza, and the amount of assistance distributed is definitely insufficient.
Some of the people killed on Saturday were killed in raids in the central and southern Gaza Zone, including in camps for internal refugees.
