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Israel - Militant Ceasefire - Fragile but Retained

A senior UN official said on Monday that a ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian Islamic jihad militants has entered its second day and remains in place.

"I want the Security Council to recognize that a ceasefire is fragile," said the United Nations Special Envoy for the Middle East, Thor Wensland, to members of the Security Council from Jerusalem. "Any resumption of hostilities would only have devastating consequences for the Palestinians and Israelis, making political progress on key issues elusive," the United Arab Emirates said on Friday. They discussed the violent violence that occurred when Israel carried out an attack on Islamic jihadist camps in the Gaza Strip.

Wendsland said in the first toll that 46 Palestinians were killed, including 15 children and four women, and another 360 were injured. On the Israeli side, 70 people were injured, many houses were damaged and some destroyed.


Envoys welcomed the ceasefire that took effect late Sunday. A ceasefire was secured through Egyptian and UN mediation, with the support of Qatari, US, Jordanian and Palestinian authorities, to ease the situation. It helped prevent it and enabled us to deliver much-needed humanitarian relief to the people of Gazan earlier today," Wensland said.

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres welcomed Sunday's ceasefire announcement and called on all sides to adhere to the agreement.

Senior Palestinian militants killed

Israeli UN Ambassador Gilad Erdan said his government had pre-empted Friday "just before" an imminent terrorist attack. said to have acted

"We took action only to protect civilians and protect our country," Gilad told the council. "Anything else is a complete lie."

The Israeli Defense Forces said they killed senior Islamic Jihad leaders, including Khaled Mansur and Taisir Jabari.

"Israel acted only against Islamic Jihad terrorists in Palestine," Gilad said. "Not against the people of Gaza, not against Hamas, not against the Palestinian authorities. Only against the PIJ."

Israel in worst military escalation in over a year said the militants had fired about 1,100 rockets in the territory, most of which were shut down by the Iron Dome system. Others fell short, striking within the Gaza Strip and causing some Palestinian casualties.The Israeli military, the IDF, said it had hit at least 170 militant targets.

Palestinian ambassador Riyad Mansour said Israel's right to security "should be revoked."

"We lost 15 children in three days," he said. mentioned that one of them, a five-year-old girl, survived two wars in her short life, but died in the third.

"Israel will kill our people because they can. When will the world show them they can't?" he asked a board member.

He said the continued cycle of violence was not sustainable and urged the Security Council to act on existing resolutions to advance a two-state solution.

" Your actions include

US Ambassador Linda Thomas Greenfield urging the Council of 15 nations to "unconditionally deny the terrorism of Islamic Jihad in Palestine." She said Washington and many other governments have designated it a terrorist organization and described it as a proxy group for Iran. } Thomas Greenfield said, “We will continue to work to prevent further violence. I know,' he said.

During a visit to the region last month, President Joe Biden reaffirmed America's commitment to a two-state solution.

Power outages

Israeli attacks completely closed two key crossings into Gaza for six days. Gaza was on the brink of humanitarian collapse last night when it came into force," said UN Special Envoy Wensland, noting that basic food, medical supplies and fuel could not enter the Strip.

Saturday In 2014, Gaza's only power plant ran out of fuel and shut down, causing a gradual blackout of more than 20 hours.Households, hospitals, water desalination and wastewater treatment plants are affected.

Wendsland said as of 8pm local time on Monday, 23 fuel trucks had entered Gaza and the power plant resumed normal operation after the ceasefire reopened the intersection of Erez and Kerem Shalom. You can now resume.