GAZA: A senior Hamas official told AFP Wednesday that talks for a Gaza ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group “intensified in recent hours” with mediator countries.
“Our communications with the brother mediators in Egypt and Qatar have not stopped and have intensified in recent hours,” Taher Al-Nunu said, adding that the group had “not yet received any new proposals” to bring an end to the war now in its 21st month.
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Hamas says Gaza ceasefire talks ‘intensified in recent hours’
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Hamas says Gaza ceasefire talks ‘intensified in recent hours’
- A senior Hamas official told AFP Wednesday that talks for a Gaza ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group “intensified in recent hours” with mediator countries
Palestinian child killed in explosion of Israeli ordnance near Jericho
- Unexploded ordnance from Israeli forces detonated in Farush Beit Dajan area
- Forces prevented residents from approaching the site afterward
LONDON: A Palestinian child was killed and two others were injured on Tuesday in the north of Jericho, due to an explosion involving remnants of Israeli military munitions.
Ahmad Ghawnameh, mayor of Al-Jiftlik village in the central Jordan Valley, reported that unexploded ordnance from Israeli forces detonated in the Farush Beit Dajan area, resulting in the death of one child and leaving others with serious injuries.
Ghawnameh did not specify the type of ordnance that exploded. He added that Israeli forces prevented residents from approaching the site, according to the Wafa news agency. The Palestinian Health Ministry did not confirm the name or age of the child at the time of publication.
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