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Wed 27 Sep 2023 9:40 am - Jerusalem Time

UN Coordinator warns of potential military escalation in Gaza

The UN Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wensland, warned on Wednesday morning of the deterioration of the situation in the Gaza Strip again, and the possibility of a return to mutual military escalation.


Wensland wrote on the “X” platform (formerly Twitter), the situation inside the Gaza Strip is dangerous and another conflict must be avoided that will have dire consequences for everyone.


This tweet came one day after Wensland held meetings with the leadership of the Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip, before he returned to the Green Line again and met with Israeli officials, as sources told Al-Quds.com.


According to the sources, the Wensland meetings did not achieve any breakthrough in trying to restore calm to the borders.


In his tweet, Wensland expressed his concern about the escalation of tensions in and around Gaza, referring to the cover settlements.


He said: People in Gaza have suffered enough, and they deserve more than just a return to calm.


He pointed out that the United Nations is working with all parties concerned to improve the lives of people in Gaza, especially the most vulnerable groups. like he said.


Yesterday, the Hebrew website Ynet reported that Winsland carried a message from “Israel” to “Hamas” that the Beit Hanoun “Erez” checkpoint will not be reopened to the labor movement before the demonstrations stop.


Informed sources told Al-Quds.com that Hamas, for its part, imposed several conditions for agreeing to stop the demonstrations, including increasing the worker quota to 20,000, and approving the work of “operating companies,” a number of which it recently licensed, and “Israel” refuses. Dealing with them, and one of its tasks is to issue work permits for Gazans without the interference of brokers, and to preserve their rights.

Hamas also demanded that solutions be found to restore the Qatari grant for employee salaries as it was, which amounted to 10 million dollars, which Qatar later reduced to 7 million, before it was reduced on its own to 4 million due to the high prices of fuel and gas that are imported from Egypt, which in turn transfers Quantities of it are sent to the Gaza government, which in turn sells it to the private sector and collects its price. However, due to high global prices, the quantity received from Egypt decreased, which reduced the revenues from its sale to the private sector. Sources also revealed to Al-Quds.com.


The sources pointed out that the meeting between Winsland and Israeli officials yesterday evening ended without results and was not approved by Tel Aviv.


The Hebrew channel Reshet Kan reported last night that a plane used by senior Israeli officials landed yesterday in the Qatari capital, Doha, apparently as part of efforts to achieve calm in Gaza.


It appears that the Hamas movement is pressuring Israel through the border marches to achieve its conditions, in light of its inability to pressure Qatar, Egypt and other mediators or those handling the Gaza aid file.


Yesterday witnessed the most violent events on the border, after the “rebel youth” used balloons carrying explosive devices and detonated them in the sky surrounding the Gaza Strip’s settlements. Some of them also opened fire towards the occupation forces, while the latter bombed several resistance observation points along the eastern borders of the Gaza Strip.

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