Benjamin Netanyahu declared, Sunday May 5, that“Israel cannot accept” Hamas’ demands to stop the war in the Gaza Strip. Negotiations to obtain a ceasefire in the Palestinian enclave resumed in the morning in Cairo (Egypt), in the absence of representatives of the Jewish state. “When Israel shows its good will, Hamas persists in its extreme positions, led by its demand for the withdrawal of our forces from the Gaza Strip, an end to the war and the preservation of Hamas. Israel cannot accept this “, affirmed the Israeli Prime Minister during a council of ministers. Follow our live stream.
Hamas will not accept “an agreement” without an end to the conflict. On Saturday, a Palestinian movement official declared, on condition of anonymity, that the Islamist group would not accept “in no case an agreement [de trêve] not explicitly providing for a stop” of the conflict. “Benaymin Netanyahu personally slows down an agreement by personal calculations”accused this official.
Tel Aviv orders Al Jazeera to shut down. Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Sunday the closure of the Qatari channel in Israel. The Israeli Minister of Communications clarified on the social network to have “immediately signed the injunction against Al Jazeera”Who “comes into force immediately”. He added that he had ensured that the channel “can no longer operate from Israel”accusing him of “threaten security” from the country.
Hezbollah fires rockets at IsraelL. The Lebanese Islamist movement claimed on Sunday to have fired “tens” of rockets on the north of the territory of its Hebrew neighbor, in retaliation for an air raid attributed to the IDF. This bombing had killed three people, a couple and their child, earlier in the morning.