Israel-Hamas war rages in besieged Gaza as Ramadan begins • FRANCE 24 English

Israel-Hamas war rages in besieged Gaza as Ramadan begins • FRANCE 24 English

So no truce in sight fighting still raging and the deadline of a truce for the holy month of Ramadan in tatters a dire humanitarian crisis infolding now in Gaza as famine begins to set in the only G of hope that a Spanish charity ship with food Aid is preparing to sell

From Cyprus as Aid groups say only a fraction of the supplies needed to meet basic humanitarian needs is getting to those who need it we’re going to cross then to Jerusalem talk to our reporter Andrew hilia who joins us from there andy let’s talk about um Gaza first of

All still very little good news for Gaza indeed Stuart on the ground the latest fighting mainly seems to be concentrated around the uh city of KH unit the IDF says its troops are battling Hamas militants holded up in the hammad town residential complex that’s a a complex of modern apartment

Buildings that was originally funded by Qatar and was meant to house displaced residents uh residents displaced from earlier uh Wars uh in the meantime Israel’s war cabinet meeting last night to discuss uh those uh those fading uh chances of truce um and also in a rare message from mosad that’s that Israel’s

External Security Agency uh the mosad accusing Hamas of refusing to negotiate in good faith saying it wanted to ignite the region Hamas for its part uh saying that Israel was refusing to budge uh in its demands and now the big question is what is Israel’s next move going to be

Of course you remember Benny Gans a member of Israel’s war cabinet a few weeks ago threatening to push into the southern city of Rafa if a ceasefire deal didn’t come together in time for Ramadan well Ramadan has now officially begun there is still no ceasefire deal

And in the meantime more than a million Palestinians displaced have found shelter in Rafa so big fears about what could happen next meanwhile Andrew tensions as well starting to mount where you are in Jerusalem as we held into Ramadan yeah that’s right a lot of anticipation here in Jerusalem about

What could happen over the next few weeks particularly uh in Jerusalem’s old city which is only about 500 M from where I’m standing that’s because uh it’s there where the focal point of tensions usually takes place of course Jerusalem’s Old City home to the holiest site in Judaism the third holiest site

In Islam the alax of mosque and even last night video has already emerged of Israeli Border Police using heavy-handed tactics to push back worshippers trying to gain access to the alaka mosque Compound on the first night of Ramadan uh prayers um and in recent weeks we have seen differences in the Israeli

Government with regards to the entrance policy to apply on worshippers um at one point uh Israel’s farri security minister itamar Bena even proposed uh imposing uh restrictions on Israeli Arab citizens that’s Arabs with Israeli uh citizenship now that was uh met with outrage uh the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu eventually overruling

Uh Ben G and there have been efforts to calm tensions just last night uh Benny Gans that member of Israel’s war cabinet issued a video message addressed to Israel’s Muslim citizens in which he insisted that the war in Gaza was not a war against Islam and he also accused

Hamas of using Ramadan to stir tensions across Israel

The Muslim holy month of Ramadan begins Monday in Gaza with no truce in sight, as fighting rages between Israeli forces and Hamas militants and a dire humanitarian crisis grips the besieged Palestinian territory. France 24’s Andrew Hilliar, reporting from Jerusalem, has the latest on the situation on the ground.
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