China News Service, Beijing, March 22. Comprehensive news: According to foreign media reports, ceasefire negotiations in Gaza are expected to continue in Qatar on the 22nd. Negotiators are working hard to reach an agreement to ensure the release of hostages detained in Gaza while providing a temporary ceasefire.
According to CNN, the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office stated in a statement on the 21st that Barnea, Director of the Israeli Intelligence and Secret Service (Mossad), will travel to Qatar for talks on the 22nd to meet with the Director of the US Central Intelligence Agency, Burney. Ens, Qatar’s Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani and Abbas Kamal, the head of Egypt’s General Intelligence Service.
Reuters pointed out that the main sticking point in the negotiations is that Hamas said it would only release the hostages as part of an agreement to end the war, while Israel said it would only discuss a temporary ceasefire.
A Palestinian official with knowledge of the mediation effort told Reuters that the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) had shown flexibility but that Israel "continued to delay".
According to the Times of Israel, the Israeli military and the Israeli National Security Agency said on the 21st that the Israeli army arrested about 650 suspects in an ongoing operation at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City and released some photos of detainees. The Israeli military said they included several "very important" senior commanders of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (Jihad).
After evaluating the Shifa operation on the 21st, IDF Chief of Staff Hezi Halevi said that this operation is very important for putting pressure on Hamas and putting pressure on negotiations.
On the other hand, a Hamas security official said in an interview with Al Jazeera that the list of photos of detainees at Shifa Hospital released by the Israeli army is inaccurate. Many of the people in the photos are not currently in Gaza. Israeli media reports about dozens of people The news that a Hamas commander was arrested in Shifa hospital is also untrue.
According to the Palestinian News Agency, the Israeli army attacked the interior and surrounding areas of Shifa Hospital for four consecutive days, killing dozens of civilians and injuring many others. A large number of victims are still buried under the rubble. According to reports, the Israeli army threatened everyone in the hospital to evacuate immediately, but the civilians inside called on international agencies to go to the building to rescue them.
According to the official website of the World Health Organization, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated on the 21st that the organization is particularly concerned about military operations in and around Shifa Hospital. He noted that there were reports of health workers being arrested and detained at Shifa hospital, and that a planned mission to Shifa was canceled due to lack of security. WHO reiterates its call to protect healthcare systems, not militarize them.
According to Reuters, the United States will ask the United Nations Security Council to support a resolution on the 22nd calling for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and an agreement on the hostage issue between Israel and Hamas. Nate Evans, spokesman for the U.S. Mission to the United Nations, said on the 21st that the resolution was the result of “multiple rounds of consultations” with multiple members of the Security Council.
According to reports, this resolution marks a further hardening of the United States’ stance on Israel. Earlier in the current round of Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the United States opposed a ceasefire and vetoed multiple previous UN Security Council resolutions calling for an immediate ceasefire. (over)