You have to be aware of what the children have experienced: “They saw their relatives killed and experienced a level of trauma that we have not seen in children before.” That should never have been taken away from them.
Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul is calling on Turkey to put pressure on the Islamist Hamas in view of the shaky ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. “As one of the supporters of the peace plan – and as a state from which we expect to continue to put pressure on Hamas – Turkey has a responsible role to play,” explained the CDU politician before departing for his inaugural visit to Turkey. Read more about it here.
France and Britain are working in coordination with the United States on a UN Security Council resolution that would form the basis for a future international force in the Gaza Strip, the French government said on Thursday. As the US-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hamas continues, planning has begun for an international force to stabilize the security situation in the Palestinian territory, two senior US advisers said on Wednesday.
French Foreign Ministry spokesman Pascal Confavreux told reporters in Paris that such a force would need a mandate from the United Nations to establish a solid foundation in international law and facilitate the process of seeking potential contributions from countries. According to the Jerusalem Post, Indonesia is said to have offered a contingent of 20,000 soldiers.
According to the terrorist organization, the repatriation of more bodies of hostages held by the Islamist Hamas in the Gaza Strip will take time. Some of these bodies were in tunnels destroyed by Israel’s army, others were under the rubble of bombed-out buildings, Hamas said in a statement that night. In order to recover the bodies of more hostages, heavy machinery and equipment is required to remove the rubble, which cannot currently be brought in because Israel refuses to import them, the Hamas statement continued.
According to the ceasefire agreement that has been in effect for a week, Hamas must hand over a total of 28 hostage bodies to Israel. So far it has handed over the remains of nine hostages. The terrorist organization added in the statement that it would continue to abide by the agreement. At the same time, she blamed Israel for the delay in repatriating hostages.
