Gaza truce talks deadlocked, Netanyahu says date set for Rafah invasion

네타냐후 “승리 위해 라파 공격할 것 날짜 정했다“ 미국 새 중재안 통할까 Israel says a date has been set for its ground offensive into the city of Rafah in southern Gaza. This looks to be a direct opposition to reported progress in recent truce talks between Israel and Hamas. Park Kun-woo explains. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday local time that a date has been set for an invasion of Rafah, where around 1-point-5 million displaced Palestinians are sheltering. “Today I received a detailed report on the talks in Cairo, we are constantly working to achieve our goals, first and foremost the release of all our hostages and achieving a complete victory over Hamas. This victory requires entry into Rafah and the elimination of the terrorist battalions there. It will happen -there is a date.“ Though Netanyahu’s statement did not have a specific date, his remarks appear to directly oppose reports that truce talks had seen progress. And as the U.S. said that it wasn’t seeing any signs of massive operations or rearranging of troops by Israel and as a recent withdrawal was made from Southern Gaza, some predict that Netanyahu’s recent statement about the ground offensive was not his actual intention. This comes after the U.S. delivered new negotiations proposals to both Israel and Hamas in truce talks in Cairo over the weekend. The talks proposed by CIA Director Bill Burns included trading 40 Israeli hostages for 900 Palestinian prisoners, and allowing refugees in the southern city of Gaza to return to the north without any restrictions. Both Israel and Hamas are reported to agree on reviewing the proposal. But Israel is reported to be especially against Gazans returning North as it could raise possibilities for the survival of Hamas. And a Hamas official said early Tuesday that the latest ceasefire deal proposed by Israel and delivered by Egyptian, Qatari and American mediators was not agreeable but said they would review the proposal and respond later on. As of Monday, over 33-thousand Palestinians have been killed and nearly 76-thousand wounded, while the death toll for Israel has reached 1-thousand-1-hundred-39, with dozens still held captive since the war started October 7th. Park Kun-woo, Arirang News. #Israel #Gaza #Hamas #Rafah #BenjaminNetanyahu #Invasion #이스라엘 #가자_지구 #라파 #벤자민네타냐후 #공격 #Arirang_News #아리랑뉴스 📣 Facebook : 📣 Twitter : 📣 Homepage : 2024-04-09, 18:00 (KST)