The head of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) outside Palestine, Khaled Meshaal, said on Friday that there are Turkish, Qatari, Egyptian and American movements to stop the aggression on Gaza and Al-Aqsa, in conjunction with Tunisian-Jordanian-Egyptian contacts regarding developments in occupied Palestine.

Meshaal added during an interview with the Turkish "TRT" channel, "Our demand to stop the escalation is the exit of the occupation from Al-Aqsa, and to allow our people and worshipers the freedom of worship and presence in Al-Aqsa Mosque."

He said that what is required is also "to stop their crime of displacing the people of Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, to release the detainees who were arrested by the occupation forces in the recent escalation, and to stop their aggression against Gaza."

He emphasized that the Israeli occupation played with fire and triggered the current crisis by storming the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and the resistance in Gaza warned Israel several days to stop its aggression against Jerusalem.

Meshaal explained that the conflict with the Israeli occupation is a national struggle to liberate the land, and he continued, "No one can deprive the Palestinian people of their right to resist and Gaza's right to triumph for Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa," stressing that the resistance has succeeded in developing its military capabilities despite the siege of Gaza.

Egypt and Tunisia

Meshaal’s statements coincided with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry’s discussion with his Tunisian counterpart, Othman al-Jaradi, "efforts to end the Israeli offensive and the confrontation in the Palestinian territories."

The Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a press statement yesterday that my thanksgiving valued during the phone call he received from Grandi, Tunisia's efforts within the framework of the Security Council and the role it plays to express the Arab position within the position adopted by the Arab League Council last Tuesday.

The statement added that the two ministers coordinated with regard to preparing for the Security Council session that is supposed to take place tomorrow, Sunday, to discuss possible exits from "the current state of tension through a ceasefire that spills blood for the victims who die as a result of the military operations and the Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip."

Earlier, Tunisia, a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council, called for "effective and swift intervention by the council to stop the Israeli aggression against the Palestinians," with more deaths and injuries among them.

The Tunisian presidency said in a press statement that it called for a third public session of the Security Council after holding two emergency sessions earlier, in coordination with the Palestinian side and presiding over the council.

Jordan

Yesterday, Friday, Egypt and Jordan stressed the "necessity for serious action" towards resuming the peace process, which would give a real political horizon in order to end the conflict through a just and lasting solution that leads to the establishment of an independent Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital, as well as stabilizing the situation in the entire region.

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry discussed with his Jordanian counterpart Ayman Safadi during a phone call the continuing deterioration of the situation in the Palestinian territories, within the framework of continuous coordination and close consultation between them.

According to a statement issued by the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, during the phone call, "the importance of continuing to work on finding immediate means to stop the confrontations in the Gaza Strip and prevent any provocations in Jerusalem was discussed, as well as pushing all efforts to preserve the rights of the Palestinian people," according to a statement issued by the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The two ministers affirmed the continuation of intensifying contacts with the concerned parties - including the international community - in order to quickly end the confrontations and the current crisis, while pushing forward on the path of a comprehensive settlement to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

Yesterday, Washington sent a diplomatic delegation to Tel Aviv to install the truce, and sources revealed that President Joe Biden's administration is pressing the Israelis firmly, and that it is optimistic about a near solution, while Pakistan and South Africa condemned the Israeli attacks.

The US State Department announced that Assistant Secretary of State Hadi Amr arrived at the head of a delegation to Tel Aviv, and that he held meetings with senior Israeli officials, adding, "We are in intensive contacts with senior Israeli officials, the Palestinian leadership and other partners."