As negotiations between Israel and the Islamic group Hamas over a cessation of fighting continue to stall, tensions are rising as fighting between Israel and neighboring Lebanon's Shiite group Hezbollah intensifies.
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Fighting with Hezbollah, which shows solidarity with Israel and Hamas, also intensifies
Negotiations are continuing between Israel and Hamas over a cessation of fighting and the release of hostages, with Qatar and other mediators acting as intermediaries, and the influential American newspaper The New York Times reported that Israel and Hamas were negotiating in the Egyptian capital Cairo on the 14th. and intermediary countries will hold official-level consultations for an extended period of three days.
According to sources involved in the negotiations, there is a wide difference in opinion over how many Palestinians held in Israeli prisons should be released in response to the release of one hostage, and it appears that negotiations are still at a difficult stage. .
Under these circumstances, exchanges of attacks continue between Israel and neighboring Lebanon's Shiite group Hezbollah.
Israeli media reported on the 14th that one soldier was killed and eight others were injured in a rocket attack believed to be carried out by Hezbollah along the border with Lebanon and in a city in northern Israel.
In response, the Israeli military announced that it carried out retaliatory attacks on Hezbollah's strongholds, and Lebanese authorities say that four people, including children, were killed and nine others injured in the Israeli airstrike. With the prospects for a cessation of fighting in the Gaza Strip uncertain, tensions are rising as fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, which shows solidarity with Hamas, is intensifying.
Egypt-Turkey summit confirms the need for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip
Egyptian President Sisi, who serves as an intermediary between Israel and the Islamic organization Hamas, met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the 14th as the Israeli military prepares to launch a ground operation in Rafah in the Gaza Strip, where more than 1 million people have fled. and confirmed the need for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
On the 14th, President Sisi and Turkish President Erdogan met in Cairo, the capital of Egypt. The two men held a press conference after the meeting, and President Sisi said, ``We agreed that an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip is necessary,'' and continued cooperation with Turkey to bring aid supplies to the Gaza Strip. I emphasized that
Meanwhile, President Erdoğan stated, ``The Netanyahu regime must not commit a massacre in Rafah, which is the last place of refuge for Gaza's civilians,'' and announced preparations for ground operations in Rafah, where more than 1.4 million people live. Israel was strongly discouraged.
Relations between the two countries deteriorated in 2013, when Mr. Sisi, then Minister of Defense, ousted the democratically elected president in a de facto coup, and Mr. Erdoğan publicly criticized him. was doing.
During the meeting, the two countries touched on the revitalization of trade between the two countries, and agreed to hold another summit meeting in Turkey next month (April), with both sides aiming to rebuild their own countries' sluggish economies by improving relations. It is located in