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Tue 09 Apr 2024 3:06 pm - Jerusalem Time

Smotrich demands an American pledge to invade Rafah after the prisoner exchange deal

The Israeli Minister of Finance, Bezalel Smotrich, demands a public pledge from the administration of US President Joe Biden that Israel will be able to invade Rafah and resume its ongoing war on the Gaza Strip for 186 days, in the end, the truce determined by an agreement on a temporary ceasefire to exchange prisoners with the movement. agitation.


This came according to what the Israeli Broadcasting Authority (“Kan 11”) reported today, Tuesday, and stated that Smotrich intends to present this request during the session of the Israeli Ministerial Council for Foreign and Security Affairs (the expanded cabinet), which will be held later today to discuss developments that occurred in... Talks led by mediators in recent days.


Smotrich also demands that the displaced from the southern Gaza Strip not be allowed to return to their areas north of the besieged Strip, without being subject to the occupation’s control, while the mediators push for an agreement that stipulates a six-week ceasefire and the release of 42 Israeli prisoners in exchange for the release of 800-900 prisoners from the occupation’s prisons. .

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