One step closer to a truce in Gaza? Hamas demanded, on Sunday, August 11, the implementation of a plan presented at the end of May by American President Joe Biden for a truce in Gaza “rather than conducting more negotiations”. This call from the Islamist movement comes the day after Israeli strikes on a school that killed more than 90 people, considered among the deadliest since the start of the war in the Gaza Strip, triggered on October 7 by an attack of unprecedented scale by Hamas on Israeli soil. Follow our live coverage.
Joe Biden’s plan for Gaza. On May 31, the American president announced a plan, presented as coming from Israel, providing, in a first phase, for a six-week truce accompanied by an Israeli withdrawal from the densely populated areas of Gaza. The release of hostages held in the Palestinian territory and Palestinian prisoners held by Israel was also included. Hamas called on mediators on Sunday evening to “present a roadmap” For “apply” this plan.
Israel says it is ready to resume negotiations. A few days ago, the mediating countries had called for the resumption of talks on a truce in Gaza on August 15, as well as the release of the hostages. Israel agreed, but Hamas did not clearly say whether it would participate, seeming to prefer the implementation of the “Biden plan.”
Palestinians flee Khan Younis. In the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army called early Sunday for civilians to leave the area of al-Jalaa, in the northern neighborhoods of the city of Khan Younis, already targeted by several major campaigns, before new Israeli operations. The IDF claims that Hamas has “implanted a terrorist infrastructure.”