As expected, no progress is being made in cease-fire negotiations . Hamas is negotiating in bad faith and won't even provide a list of hostages they are holding. CIA chief leaves Qatar as hostage talks fail to make progress - Washington Post https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/worl...-to-make-progress-washington-post/ar-AA1wcTzu
Only relentless pressure on Hamas in Gaza will free the hostages. Hamas has no intentions of releasing hostages as part of a cease-fire agreement and is negotiating in bad faith; it is time to turn up the heat. Relentless pressure on Hamas aims to free hostages: IDF chief https://nypost.com/2024/12/19/world...less-pressure-on-hamas-aims-to-free-hostages/ Unwavering military action against Hamas in Gaza is creating the conditions for the return of the captives held by the terrorist group, Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi said on Wednesday. “We are exerting pressure on Hamas daily, driving it into greater distress, to ensure the return of the 100 hostages—hopefully alive, and for those who are not, to provide them a proper burial in Israel,” Halevi said during a situational assessment and inspection tour in the Rafah area of southern Gaza. The remarks come amid continuing reports of an imminent ceasefire agreement that would see the captives, of whom 64 are believed to be alive, freed in stages. (More at above url)
When one wakes up to the perpetrated myths of the concocted story about a Jewish ficticious idolatorous god & messiah, that's when you wake up and see the amount of bullshit humans are constantly subject to. @gwb-trading is a good example of a pro political troll constantly peddling pro religious biased nonsense where the enemy, usually called the devil but in this instance called "Hamas" is used as an excuse to subject or kill innocent people.
As outlined by Human Rights Watch, no organization has murdered more innocent people in Gaza since 2005 than the Hamas terrorist group. It is likely they make Assad in Syria look like a light-weight murderer in comparison.
UNRWA chief slams Sweden’s ‘disappointing’ decision to end funding Stockholm says decision comes in response to Israel’s plan to ban the UN agency starting in late January. Palestinians look at the destruction after an Israeli strike on a school run by UNRWA [File: Abdel Kareem Hana/AP Photo] Published On 20 Dec 2024 Sweden will no longer fund the United Nations refugee agency for Palestinians (UNRWA) and will instead provide increased overall humanitarian assistance to Gaza via other channels, the Nordic country says, in a move denounced by the head of the agency. “The government’s core support to UNRWA ends,” the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on Friday. UNRWA provides assistance to nearly six million Palestinian refugees across Gaza, the occupied West Bank, Lebanon, Jordan and Syria. Israel, which said it will ban UNRWA operations in the country from late January, has alleged that 19 employees from the agency were involved in the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led attacks on Israel. After an investigation by the UN’s oversight body, the UN terminated nine UNRWA employees it found “may have been involved” in the attack. Sweden’s decision was made in response to the Israeli ban because it will make channelling aid via UNRWA more difficult, Swedish International Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade Minister Benjamin Dousa told Swedish broadcaster TV4. Sweden plans to increase its overall humanitarian assistance to Gaza next year to 800 million Swedish kronor ($72.44m) from 451 million Swedish kronor ($41m) spent this year, its Foreign Ministry said. Aid will flow via several organisations, including the UN World Food Programme, UNICEF, the UN Population Fund and the International Committee of the Red Cross, the ministry added. The new Israeli law does not directly ban UNRWA’s operations in the occupied West Bank and Gaza but it will have a severe impact on UNRWA’s ability to work. Top UN officials described UNRWA as the backbone of Gaza’s aid response. ‘Sad day’ The Palestinian embassy in Stockholm said in a statement that it rejects the idea of finding “alternatives to UNRWA”, adding that the agency had a “special mandate to provide services to Palestinian refugees”. The refugee population relies on UNRWA healthcare, education, emergency relief and humanitarian assistance, it noted. The UN General Assembly threw its support behind UNRWA this month, demanding that Israel respect the agency’s mandate and “enable its operations to proceed without impediment or restriction”. UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini called Sweden’s decision “disappointing” and coming at the “worst time for Palestine refugees”. “The decision is one day after the members of the UN General Assembly overwhelmingly adopted a resolution in support of UNRWA,” he said in a post on X. “This is a sad day for Palestine Refugees and the multilateral system which Sweden has spearheaded,” Lazzarini said. Meanwhile, Amichai Chikli, Israel’s diaspora affairs minister, hailed the Nordic country’s decision, claiming UNRWA “has lost its legitimacy to exist”. Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel thanked Dousa for a meeting they had this week and for Sweden’s decision to drop its support for UNRWA. “There are worthy and viable alternatives for humanitarian aid, and I appreciate the willingness to listen and adopt a different approach,” she said. After the nine UNRWA staff members were fired, Israel claimed in July that another 100 UNRWA employees were members of Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups. The agency said last month it had asked Israel to provide more information and had not received a response. Source: Al Jazeera and news agencies
Country after country after country is ending the funding of UNRWA -- after citing that UNRWA funds are simply used to fund terrorism by Hamas and Hezbollah.
Could be, we don't know the truth, it could be inbetween. Getting the truth out of warring parties would be an impossibility imo.
Gaza ceasefire talks 90% complete, Palestinian official tells BBC 31 minutes ago Rushdi Aboualouf Gaza correspondent Shaimaa Khalil BBC correspondent in Jerusalem Reuters A displaced Palestinian woman in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip Talks to reach a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal between Israel and Hamas are 90% complete, but key issues remain that need to be bridged, a senior Palestinian official involved in the talks told the BBC. ......................................
Somehow -- just like all the recent previous ceasefire talks -- I don't see this ceasefire talk coming to closure with any agreement.