Israeli tanks ready to invade Rafah – “They are jeopardizing negotiations”, says Hamas

Israeli tanks are massed in the south Israel near the border with Gauze in view of the planned land operation at Rafa. For Israeli army movements in southern Gaza discussed by the war council, while approving a new proposal for a cease-firewhich includes in the first stage the release 20 hostagesas reported by Israeli media.

The Israel he will not achieve his goals in Rafa Hamas declares for its partwarning that any invasion of this southern Gaza city jeopardizes the negotiations.

At the same time, the leaders appeal for the immediate release of all hostages 18 countrieswhose citizens are being held by the Palestinian organization in Gaza.

As the UN warns once again that the threat of famine has not disappeared in northern Gaza, three ships with 5,000 tons of humanitarian aid for the Palestinian enclave prepare to set sail from Istanbul.

A mission that it evokes memories from 2010 when Israeli commandos raided the Turkish ship Mavi Marmara, which attempted to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza, and killed ten activists. The US military, however, began building a jetty to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian aid by sea to Gaza.

Israel: An Egyptian delegation is expected today to reach an agreement to release hostages

Egyptian delegation, will arrive in Israel this Fridaywith the aim of reaching an agreement on the release of hostages. As an Israeli official said, the Military Cabinet authorized the negotiating team to hold the talks.

Senior Israeli sources revealed that during the war cabinet meeting, Israeli officials presented proposals for more flexibility, paving the way for a deal with Hamas.

In this context, an official Egyptian source stated that all communications carried out by Egypt with all parties regarding Gaza are aimed at stopping the escalation in the Gaza Strip and establishing a state of ceasefire.

This intense Egyptian diplomatic activity comes in light of the downgrading of Qatar’s role in mediation. Cairo has taken it upon itself to try to prevent an Israeli military operation in the town of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip.

Fierce exchanges of fire Israel-Hezbollah

THE Israeli army and the Lebanese Hezbollah continued to exchange heavy fire during the night of Thursday (25/4) to Friday, while Egyptian delegation expected in Israelas the Israeli government is reportedly preparing to make a new proposal for a ceasefire and the release of some hostages.

The Israeli military said it had fired “two anti-tank missiles” from Lebanon at Israel overnight, adding that they hit the points from which they were launched with the artillery.

At the same time, aircraft bombed Hezbollah “infrastructure” in the Kfarsuba sector, they added.

For its part, Hezbollah, a Lebanese Shiite movement supported by Iran, an ally of Hamas, claimed responsibility for fire that “hit” Israeli forces on the border of the two states.

At the same time, the situation remains tense in American universitiesas the anti-war protest movement swells in Gaza with new riots and hundreds of arrests recorded in the last 24 hours in some of the largest universities in the country.