The UN has been forced to suspend its humanitarian operations in Gaza, a senior UN official said, explaining that the United Nations has no other choice after the latest order.
Israeli evacuation linked to Deir al-Balah, in the center of the Palestinian territory. Since the beginning of the war between Israel and Hamas on October 7, the senior official stressed, the UN has sometimes had to delay or temporarily suspend its operations, “but never to the point of saying concretely that we can no longer do anything,” as the senior official emphasizes. is happening now. Nevertheless, he concluded, the international organization intends to resume its activities as quickly as possible.
US optimistic about negotiations
Meanwhile, the United States is once again trying to instill a modicum of hope in the endless negotiations for a possible truce in Gaza. The talks held in recent days in Cairo between the parties, indirectly through mediators, have recorded “progress,” despite the undeniable distances between Israel and Hamas. This was assured by the spokesman for the US National Security Council, John Kirby, in response to rumors of the failure of the latest negotiations pushed by the White House with Egypt and Qatar. The talks, according to Kirby, are not over and “will continue for several more days.” No comment, for the moment, from the Israeli government on the true balance of the negotiations.
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