The jittery situation in Gaza is being cooled down by the US President, Joe Biden’s national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, who has now entered a delicate round of negotiations with the Israeli leadership in a bid to de-escalate the situation.
The journey takes place amidst the ongoing Israeli military operations in the zone, such as the Civil Affairs Department’s Rafah ramifications, where the inhabitants have been instructed to leave their houses.
The first motto of the ambassador is to ask Israel about a possible entire operation in Rafah, something that the US has mentioned previously to be dangerous because the could be a stop in the weapons supply.
Yet, on another side of the spectrum, an Israeli official has hinted that PM Benjamin Netanyahu and his other higher-ups are in favour of a violent attempt to gain access to the Rafah region that would require a hard fight.
A few hours after that, clashes in the Gaza refugee camp led to the death of at least 20 people and several wounded, who were injured in a missile strike on one of the refugee camps. The concerned authorities of Israel are already looking into the inquest of this event and also duly acknowledge the death of two of their soldiers. This incident happened on the southern border during the battle.
Attempts to determine a truce have not given positive results. Hamas has just made peace with the position of the Egyptian and Qatari mediators, represented as so by Israel, which argues that the two sides gave contrary interpretations. Israel has refused to show compliance to a “permanent” ceasefire in place and return bodies and not hostages to Gaza.
The bloodshed in Gaza witnessed the beginning since the year ago’s battle wherein it is 1,200 or more had been killed and other 252 people have been captured. The number of deaths to rise in Gaza now seat at 35,456 — death toll, as stated by local authorities.
