Like Aviv – Israel cut the supply of electricity to Gaza, officials affecting a desalination plant producing drinking water for a part of the arid territory on Sunday. Hamas called him part of Israel’s “famine policy”.
Last week, Israel suspended the supplies of goods on the territory of more than 2 million Palestinians, an echo of the siege he imposed in the first days of the war.
Israel puts pressure on the militant group to accept an extension of the first phase of their ceasefire. This phase ended last weekend. Israel wants Hamas to disclose half of the remaining hostages in exchange for a promise to negotiate a sustainable truce.
Hamas rather wants to start negotiations on the most difficult phase of the ceasefire, which would see the release of the remaining hostages from Gaza, the withdrawal of Israeli forces and lasting peace. Hamas would have 24 living hostages and the bodies of 35 others.
The militant group – who warned that the supplies stop affecting the hostages – said on Sunday that he had finished the last series of cease -fire talks with Egyptian mediators without modifying its position.
Israel said he would send a delegation to Qatar on Monday to “move forward” negotiations.
Israel had warned when he stopped all the supplies that water and electricity could be following. The letter from the Israeli Energy Minister to La Israel Electric Corporation tells him to stop selling power in Gaza.
The territory and its infrastructure have been largely devastated, and most of the facilities, including hospitals, now use generators. Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qassam said that Israel had “practically” cut electricity since the start of the war and described the last part as a decision of “Israel’s famine policy, without taking into account all international laws and standards”.
The desalination plant offered 18,000 cubic meters of water per day for the Deir al-Balah region of Central Gaza, according to Gisha, an Israeli organization dedicated to the protection of the Palestinians’ right to freedom of movement. Executive director Tania Hary said she should operate on generators and produce around 2,500 cubic meters per day, on the amount of an Olympic swimming pool.
The restrictions of Israel on fuel entering Gaza have a greater impact, said Hary, and water shortages are an imminent problem because fuel is necessary for distribution trucks.
Israel was faced with strong criticism of the suspension of supplies.
“Any refusal to enter the necessities of life for civilians can constitute a collective sanction,” the United Nations Human Rights Office said on Friday.
The International Criminal Court said there were reasons to believe that Israel had used “famine as a method of war” when it issued an arrest warrant against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last year. The allegation is at the heart of the case of South Africa to the International Court of Justice accusing Israel of genocide.
Israel has denied the accusations, saying that it had helped help and blame the shortages on what it called on the United Nations in disability to distribute it. He also accused Hamas of siphoning help.
The head of the Houthi rebels supported by Iran in Yemen, Abdul Malik al-Houthi, warned on Friday that attacks against ships linked to Israel off Yemen will resume within four days if the aid would not resume Gaza. The Houthis described their previous attacks as solidarity with the Palestinians there.
The cease-fire interrupted the deadliest and most destructive fights between Israel and Hamas, triggered by the attack led by Hamas against South Israel on October 7, 2023. The first phase allowed the return of 25 living hostages and the remains of eight others in exchange for the release of nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners.
The Israeli forces withdrew to buffer areas inside Gaza, hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians returned north of Gaza and hundreds of aid trucks entered per day until Israel is suspended.
They sent describes discussions with Hamas
On Wednesday, the White House made a surprise confirmation of direct talks with the United States with Hamas.
On Sunday, the envoy Adam Boehler told the Israeli Kan broadcaster that Hamas had suggested a truce of five to 10 years while she would disarm. The militant group has already called the unacceptable disarming.
A senior Hamas official, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss contacts with the United States, said the group had expressed its long-standing position that it would deposit its weapons in exchange for a “just and just solution” which includes an independent Palestinian state.
Boehler also told CNN that “I think you could see something like a long -term truce, where we forgive the prisoners, where Hamas poses arms, where they agree that they were not part of the political party in the future. I think it’s a reality. It’s really close.
When he was asked if he would speak again with the militant group, Boehler replied: “You never know.”
He added: “I think something could come together in a few weeks” and expressed his hope for an agreement that would see all the hostages out, not just the Americans. Boehler said four of the five American hostages in Gaza died, with Edan Alexander Alive.
Hamas did not mention the talks on Sunday, but reiterated its support for a proposal to create a committee independent of technocrats to direct Gaza until the Palestinians organize presidential and legislative elections.
The attack on Hamas in October 2023 killed around 1,200 people, mainly civilians, inside Israel and took 251 people hostage. Most were released in ceasefire agreements or other arrangements.
Many Israelis press an agreement to bring everyone home. “We are here to send a clear message to the Israeli government: stop calculating,” said Zahiro Shahar Mor, nephew of the hostage killed Avraham Munder, in front of tents installed outside the Israeli Ministry of Defense in a demonstration.
The military offensive of Israel killed more than 48,000 Palestinians in Gaza, mainly women and children, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health, which does not say how many deaths were activists.
With the Gaza supplies threshold, the Palestinians report high price increases for the decrease in articles during the Ramadan Sacred Muslim month.
“Since the start of the ceasefire, the situation has improved a bit. But before that, the situation was very bad, “said Fares al-Qeisi in the southern city of Khan Younis.
