Israel says Hamas must accept US deal or be ‘annihilated’, Trump says Gaza truce ‘close’ Middle East https://www.france24.com/en/middle-...al-be-annihilated-trump-says-gaza-truce-close Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz on Friday warned Hamas to accept a US ceasefire proposal "or be annihilated". While the Paletinian militant group said it was still reviewing the plan, US President Donald Trump said an agreement on a Gaza ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas was "very close". Issued on: 30/05/2025 By: FRANCE 24/FRANCE 24 Video by: Noga TARNOPOLSKY Israel's defence minister on Friday warned Hamas to accept a ceasefire proposal submitted by US envoy Steve Witkoff "or be annihilated", after the group said the deal failed to satisfy its demands. In a statement, Defence Minister Israel Katz said the military was acting in Gaza "with full force", adding: "The Hamas murderers will now be forced to choose: accept the terms of the 'Witkoff Deal' for the release of the hostages – or be annihilated."
It does not appear that Trump is making much progress. A ceasefire is unlikely IMO. Hamas has already rejected this internationally brokered ceasefire deal. Trump pressures Netanyahu and Hamas for a Gaza endgame https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/premium/3422728/trump-pressures-netanyahu-endgame-war-hamas-gaza/
Hamas attempts to make drastic changes to the ceasefire deal on the table. This is merely a sign that Hamas is not negotiating in good faith and any type of ceasefire is unlikely -- which is unfortunate for the residents of Gaza. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c17rzyw72jko
The more @gwb-trading posts one eyed brainwashing commentary supporting Israel's behaviour, the more I post news events about attrocities committed by Israel, but not from nonsense sites like jpost and dailymail. At least 21 people killed amid gunfire while waiting for food in Gaza By Nidal al-Mughrabi and James Mackenzie June 1, 2025 https://www.watoday.com.au/world/mi...-as-totally-unacceptable-20250601-p5m3w5.html Cairo/Jerusalem: At least 21 people were killed and scores wounded on Sunday while on their way to receive food in the Gaza Strip, according to a Red Cross field hospital and multiple witnesses. The witnesses said Israeli forces fired on crowds about a kilometre from a new aid site in Gaza set up by controversial new group the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, which is backed by Israel and the United States. The Israeli military did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Palestinians carry aid packages from the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation in Khan Younis on Sunday.Credit: AP Gaza is on the brink of famine after an 11-week blockade Israel enacted in March to put pressure on militant group Hamas, which controls the territory. Under international pressure, Israel allowed some food and medical supplies to start entering Gaza again last month and instigated a new distribution system, but aid groups say it is nowhere near enough to feed the population of about 2.3 million people, and the new system violates humanitarian principles. A US ceasefire proposal which Israel has accepted would allow for the entry of aid into Gaza and a 60-day pause in fighting, alongside the release of 28 hostages held by Hamas. The militant group said at the weekend it was seeking amendments to the proposal. The US said that Hamas’ response to the plan was “totally unacceptable”. Officials at the Red Cross field hospital on Sunday said at least 21 people were killed and another 175 people were wounded while trying to receive food. They did not say who opened fire. But witnesses said that Israeli forces opened fire after thousands of people heading towards the GHF distribution site in the hours before dawn congregated about one kilometre away to wait for the site to open. The witnesses said Israeli forces ordered people to disperse and come back later, before opening fire. An Associated Press reporter saw dozens of people being treated at the field hospital. GHF said in a statement that it delivered aid “without incident” early on Sunday and rejected “false reporting about deaths, mass injuries and chaos” at its distribution sites, which are in Israeli military zones where independent access is limited. Multiple witnesses have said Israeli troops have fired on crowds near the delivery sites, which began operating last week under a new system where people have to pass through Israeli checkpoints and undergo screening to reach the aid distribution centres. Before Sunday, at least six people had been killed and more than 50 wounded, according to local health officials. The foundation says the private security contractors guarding its sites have not fired on the crowds, while the Israeli military has acknowledged firing warning shots on previous occasions. A Palestinian girl waits to collect donated food from a distribution kitchen in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, on Friday.Credit: AP ‘The scene was horrible’ One witness said that he saw at least 10 bodies with gunshot wounds and several other wounded people near the aid centre on Sunday morning. “There was fire from all directions, from naval warships, from tanks and drones,” Amr Abu Teiba, who was in the crowd, said, adding that people used carts to ferry the dead and wounded to the field hospital. “The scene was horrible,” he said. Ibrahim Abu Saoud provided a nearly identical account. He said the military fired from about 300 metres away and that he saw many people with gunshot wounds, including a young man who he said had died at the scene. “We weren’t able to help him,” he said. Palestinians line up for food distribution in Deir al-Balah, Gaza, on Friday.Credit: AP Another witness, Mohammed Abu Teaima, 33, said he saw Israeli forces open fire and kill his cousin and another woman as they were heading toward the distribution site. He said his cousin was shot in his chest and died at the scene. Many others were wounded, including his brother-in-law, he said. “They opened heavy fire directly toward us,” he said as he was waiting outside the Red Cross field hospital for word on his wounded relative. Hub is part of a controversial new aid system Israel and the United States say the new aid system in place in Gaza is aimed at preventing Hamas from siphoning off assistance. Israel has not provided any evidence of systematic diversion, and the United Nations denies it has occurred. UN agencies and major aid groups have refused to work with the new system, saying it violates humanitarian principles because it allows Israel to control who receives aid and forces people to relocate to distribution sites, risking yet more mass displacement in the territory. The UN system has struggled to bring in aid since Israel slightly eased its 11-week blockade of the territory last month. Aid groups say Israeli restrictions, the breakdown of law and order, and widespread looting have made it extremely difficult to deliver aid to Gaza’s roughly 2 million Palestinians. Dozens of United Nations aid trucks carrying flour to Gaza bakeries were hijacked by armed groups and subsequently looted by people desperate for food on Saturday. In response to the US ceasefire plan, Hamas said on Saturday it was willing to release 10 living hostages and hand over the bodies of 18 dead in exchange for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons, but it also reiterated demands for an end to the war and withdrawal of Israeli troops from Gaza – conditions Israel has rejected. Protesters in Tel Aviv on Saturday demand the end of the war and immediate release of hostages held by Hamas.Credit: AP Saying he had received Hamas’ response, Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, wrote in a post on X: “It is totally unacceptable and only takes us backward. Hamas should accept the framework proposal we put forward as the basis for proximity talks, which we can begin immediately this coming week.” Senior Hamas official Basem Naim later denied Israeli claims that Hamas had rejected Witkoff’s proposal. But he said Israel’s response was incompatible with what had been agreed and accused the United States envoy of acting with “complete bias” in favour of Israel. Israel has previously rejected Hamas’ conditions, instead demanding the complete disarmament of the group and its dismantling as a military and governing force, along with the return of all 58 remaining hostages. The Israeli military also said on Saturday it had killed Hamas’ Gaza chief, Mohammad Sinwar, during a strike on a hospital in southern Gaza on May 13, confirming what Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had told parliament earlier this week. Sinwar, the younger brother of Yahya Sinwar, the group’s deceased leader and mastermind of the October 2023 attack on Israel, was the target of an Israeli strike on a hospital in southern Gaza. Hamas has neither confirmed nor denied his death. The Israeli military, which relaunched its air and ground campaign in March after a two-month truce, said on Saturday it was continuing to hit targets in Gaza, including sniper posts, and had killed what it said was the head of a Hamas weapons manufacturing site. The campaign has cleared large areas along the boundaries of the Gaza Strip, squeezing the population of more than 2 million into an ever-narrower section along the coast and around the southern city of Khan Younis. Israel’s military body in charge of aid co-ordination in Gaza, COGAT, said 579 trucks of aid had entered over the past week. The UN has said 600 a day were entering under the previous ceasefire that Israel ended with new bombardment. The war began when Hamas-led militants stormed into southern Israel on October 7, 2023, killing some 1200 people, mostly civilians, and abducting 251. They are still holding 58 hostages, around a third of them believed to be alive, after most of the rest were released in ceasefire agreements or other deals. Israel’s military campaign has killed over 54,000 people, mostly women and children, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, which does not say how many of the dead were civilians or combatants. The offensive has destroyed vast areas of the territory, displaced around 90 per cent of its population, and left people almost completely reliant on international aid. Reuters, AP
The IDF and GHF have denied allegations that people have been killed and wound by Israeli attacks in Gaza while looking to pick up aid at humanitarian distribution centers. The statement from the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) on Sunday stated the following: "Our aid was again distributed today without incident," the foundation said in a statement, adding it was "aware of rumors being actively fomented by Hamas suggesting deaths and injuries today." "They are untrue and fabricated," GHF said. The army released a brief statement saying it was “currently unaware of injuries caused by (Israeli military) fire within the Humanitarian Aid distribution site. The matter is still under review.” The attacks were alleged to occur at a location 1000 yards away from an aid site -- which is over 1/2 mile away. One individual claimed -- '“There was fire from all directions, from naval warships, from tanks and drones,” said Amr Abu Teiba, who was in the crowd.' Israel stated conclusively that no naval warships fired on Sunday at Gaza. There were no drone attacks on Sunday in Gaza either. The only thing under review is if Israeli troops fired guns. There should also be a reminder that Hamas stated they would kill anyone who accepted food from an aid station. The question becomes -- was this an incident of Hamas killing people trying to get aid and attempting to blame the IDF? Or is it a firefight that occurred between the Hamas and the IDF after Hamas opened fire near an aid site -- and the civilians seeking aid were caught in the middle. Or is this entire incident part of a civil war in Gaza where clans are taking on Hamas. Or did IDF troops open fire on the people waiting for aid for some inappropriate reason? (An action which would need to be strongly condemned if true). At this point, I will wait for more information to come out about this incident. The current claims by Hamas that the IDF fired on this crowd of people waiting for food are very questionable. The bottom line is that more food aid needs to be delivered to Gaza. The chaotic environment where food trucks and warehouses are being looted by desperate crowds is not helpful in distribution efforts. Hamas stating they will harm people taking aid from the GHF drives fear and is a significant detraction from successful food assistance distribution as well.
Personally I don't give 2 fucks what Israel army says. Israel booted out or killed off all independant journalism in Gaza.
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