Although the Israeli occupation resumed its war on the Gaza Strip on Friday morning, negotiations on a truce continue in the hope of reaching an agreement that will once again lead to a cessation of fighting, an exchange of prisoners, and the entry of humanitarian aid into the Strip.

In this context, Palestinian sources confirmed to Al-Araby Al-Jadeed that there had been serious negotiations sponsored by Qatar and Egypt before the renewed fighting in the morning, but Israel wanted everything for free, which delayed the renewal of the temporary truce for an additional day.

The Qatari and Egyptian mediators continue negotiations on the truce, despite the resumption of fighting between Israel and Hamas.

Agence France-Presse quoted an informed source, who it said asked to remain anonymous, that “negotiations on the truce in Gaza with the Qatari and Egyptian mediators are continuing,” after a night of intense talks that did not succeed in extending the humanitarian truce that was in effect.

In turn, an informed source confirmed to Reuters that Qatari and Egyptian mediators have been in contact with Hamas and Israel since the resumption of fighting.

This morning, the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the Hamas movement of violating the ceasefire agreement and releasing detainees, and said that Israel is committed to eliminating the movement and liberating all detainees in the Gaza Strip.

A statement issued by Netanyahu's office said that Hamas "did not fulfill its obligations to release all the women kidnapped today, and fired rockets at the citizens of Israel."

The statement added: “With the return to fighting, we stress: The government of Israel is committed to achieving the goals of the war, liberating our abductees, eliminating Hamas, and ensuring that Gaza will never again pose a threat to the population of Israel.”

On the other hand, Hamas leader Izzat al-Rishq said, in a statement published on the movement’s official website, that Israel will not achieve by continuing its aggression after the truce what it failed to achieve during 50 days of war, stressing that “with the steadfastness of our people and the heroism of our resistance, we face the enemy’s crimes, and resume... "His Nazi aggression and targeting of civilians."

In turn, the government media office in Gaza held the international community responsible for the continuation of the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip.

The office said in a statement: “The Israeli occupation army began to continue its brutal war against our Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, as it continued to bomb and target many homes and safe areas in more than one governorate in the Strip.”

He added: "The international community, led by the United States of America, represented by the American President and his Secretary of State, bears responsibility for the crimes of the Israeli occupation and the continuation of the brutal war against civilians, children and women in the Gaza Strip, after giving it the green light to continue the war without any regard to the laws of war and international and humanitarian laws." ".

The office stressed the right of the Palestinian people to defend themselves by all means, and their right to achieve their freedom and independence, establish their Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital, and completely eliminate the occupation from their lands in accordance with international and UN laws.

The temporary truce began in Gaza for four in the morning last Friday, before its extension was announced twice. Under the truce, Hamas released a number of its detainees, while the occupation released dozens of women and children from its prisons.

Source: Agencies Al-Araby Al-Jadeed