CAIRO, Jul 15 (NNN-MENA) – Egypt has called on Israel not to obstruct the ongoing negotiations on a truce in the Gaza Strip, and not to propose new principles that contradict “what was agreed upon,” Egypt’s Al-Qahera News TV channel reported, without elaborating on what items exactly had been agreed or with whom they had been agreed.
Israel, through stalling the truce negotiations, wanted to divert its public attention away from reaching a truce deal, according to an unnamed Egyptian high-ranking official cited in the report.
Earlier in the day, another senior Egyptian source confirmed that Cairo adheres to its demand for Israel’s complete withdrawal from the Palestinian side of the Rafah crossing and the lifting of all restrictions on the movement of Palestinians to and from Gaza, Al-Qahera News reported.
Over the past few days, Egypt and Qatar have been hosting a new round of negotiations, involving another mediator, the United States, for reaching a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, which has been torn by massive Israeli bombardment for over nine months.
The ongoing Israeli onslaught on Gaza since Oct 7 last year, has so far killed 38,443 Palestinians and wounded 88,481, according to an update released by Gaza’s health authorities.– NNN-WAFA
