Today, Saturday, Palestinian factions considered that any international or Arab force entering the Gaza Strip is unacceptable and unacceptable, and constitutes an occupying force.

This came in a statement by the Follow-up Committee of the National and Islamic Forces, which includes most of the Palestinian factions. The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) published the statement on its digital platforms, on the occasion of the 48th anniversary of Palestinian Land Day.

The factions said, "The occupation leaders' talk about forming an international or Arab force for the Gaza Strip is an illusion and a mirage, and that any force entering the Gaza Strip is rejected and unacceptable. It is an occupying force, and we will deal with it according to this description."

They added, "We appreciate the position of the Arab countries that refused to participate and cooperate with the occupation leaders' proposal regarding the formation of the force."

The factions stressed that managing the Palestinian reality is “an internal Palestinian national matter that we will not allow anyone to interfere in, and that all attempts to create alternative administrations that circumvent the will of the Palestinian people will die before they are born and will not be successful.”

Israeli leaks

Yesterday, Friday, Israeli media reported that Defense Minister Yoav Galant informed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of progress in talks with the United States regarding a proposal to deploy a multinational force in the Gaza Strip.

The private Hebrew Channel 12 reported that Gallant held talks with American officials, during his visit to Washington a few days ago, regarding the formation of a multinational force and its introduction into Gaza to be responsible for the security of the region, the entry of humanitarian aid, and the organization of its distribution.

The channel claimed that these talks resulted in progress that it did not clarify, pointing out that the elements of this force would be from 3 Arab countries, without naming them.

It added that it is not yet certain whether this force will include American soldiers.

In a related context, the factions reaffirmed the unified national position that there is no agreement or exchange deal with the occupation except with a comprehensive cessation of aggression, the return of the displaced, complete withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, sheltering the demolished homes, reconstruction, breaking the siege, opening the crossings, and bringing in aid.

Indirect negotiations are continuing in Doha between Israel and Hamas, mediated by Qatar, Egypt, and the United States, with the aim of reaching a prisoner exchange deal and a truce between the two parties, after a first humanitarian truce that lasted a week until the beginning of last December, and resulted in the exchange of dozens of prisoners and the entry of limited aid into the Strip.

Tel Aviv holds at least 9,100 Palestinians in its prisons, while it is estimated that there are about 134 Israeli prisoners in Gaza, while Hamas announced that 70 of them were killed in Israeli raids during its ongoing aggression against the Gaza Strip.

Since October 7, the Israeli army has been waging a devastating war on Gaza that has left tens of thousands martyred and wounded, most of them children and women, according to Palestinian sources, which necessitated Tel Aviv’s trial before the International Court of Justice on the grounds of committing genocide.

Source: Al Jazeera + Anatolia