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This is a dangerous moment for the Middle East,
British Foreign Secretary David Lammy said It’s never too late for peace,
This unimaginable situation is overwhelmingly due to recurring failures by the Israeli Defense Forces to comply with the rules of war,
he said in a statement from Geneva on Thursday This is vital work. The remaining obstacles can be overcome, and we must bring this process to a close,
US national security spokesman John Kirby told reporters at the White House We are hopeful this time. Either it’s this time or never I am afraid,
Aya (30) sheltering with her family in Deir Al-Balah in the central part of the Gaza Strip, told Reuters via a chat app Hamas looks at the ongoing negotiations in Doha regarding a ceasefire and a hostage exchange from a strategic perspective with the goal of ending the aggression on Gaza,
Oh Lord, we hope they reach an agreement and the war ends, because the population has been annihilated completely,
Abu Nidal Eweini told The Associated Press in the central Gaza city of Deir al-Balah The obstacle to reaching a ceasefire agreement in Gaza is the continuation of Israeli evasion,
In the past, it has worked very similar to how it’s working in Doha today, where mediators will sit and discuss, work things out, and then those mediators will be in touch with Hamas, and then the Hamas leaders in Doha then communicate directly with Mr Sinwar for final answers,
We do not anticipate coming out of these talks today with the deal,
We know that Iran has made some preparations. We believe that, should they choose to attack, that they could do it with little or no notice and that it could come soon,
There’s just very few concrete details emerging from the talks that are taking place behind closed doors here in Doha,
The way negotiations work is that you start with some text on a piece of paper, and both sides work on that text. Usually, both sides make amendments to that text,
Forty thousand lives lost in Gaza – a devastating reminder that behind each number is a story, a family, a future stolen. Let the magnitude not numb us, but rather ignite our resolve to seek justice and peace, and to demand a ceasefire. No more lives should be lost.”
Tarneem Hammad, the central Gaza-based advocacy officer for the UK charity Medical Aid for Palestinians, said As the UK made clear at the UN security council this week, the situation in Gaza is devastating,
Israel wants to reserve the right to continue operations in Gaza,
said Mairav Zonszein, a senior analyst on Israel-Palestine for the International Crisis Group We are all worried about the regional situation,
Sejourne said after meeting parliament speaker Nabih Berri, an ally of Lebanon’s Hezbollah group Today marks a grim milestone for the world,
Going to new negotiations allows the occupation to impose new conditions and employ the maze of negotiation to conduct more massacres,
senior Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri told the Reuters news agency on Wednesday It’s not like the agreement is going to be ready to be signed on Thursday,
the senior administration official told reporters