Netanyahu vows to fight on amid ceasefire talks in Cairo • FRANCE 24 English
Respondent Jordana Miller Jordana good to speak to you let’s get a sense first of all of developments we’re hearing on the ground particularly this refugee camp well as you said at the al- magazi refugee camp which is located in central Gaza uh reporting a devastating air
Strike uh last night actually uh it was this morning uh that most of us uh began to hear about this attack uh the death toll now according to the gazen Run Health Ministry is about a 100 um but again it could rise as you said this looks like one of the deadliest single
Strikes since uh Israel’s ground offensive began at the end uh of October uh the Israeli Army says that it is investigating the incident uh from some eyewitnesses on the ground including reporters uh it appears that four houses were targeted uh we may hear more about uh who lived in those houses from the
Israeli Army but right now uh this is you know a deadly and tragic uh bombing coming on Christmas Eve uh on what is already an incredibly somber Christmas here in the Middle East so many events scaled back cancelled uh Christmas trees not going up in places like Bethlehem um
Because of the Bloodshed Christians and Palestinian uh Muslims here saying they simply can’t celebrate when they know that there are so many people suffering uh in the Gaza Strip not only those who have died and are mourning but many who are hungry uh who are cold uh remember the rains are
Coming this is now the beginning of really the winter here in the Middle East uh and many people are living you know in tense and it’s simply not good enough to Dan brings us up to date with what is going on from Egypt this three-point plan for an end to the god a
Conflict talk us through it and whether there’s likely to be any traction particularly from Israel right so we’re hearing that the Israeli War cabinet uh will meet tonight and discuss this three-phased proposal put on the table by Egypt it has already been shown to the United States and to
Hamas leaders including isal hania who was recently in Cairo uh and it includes the first phase at least a two we ceasefire in which Hamas would release a 40 to 50 Israeli hostages uh women the remaining children uh the elderly uh and any injured uh hostages Israel in return
Would again at a rate of 3 to One release jailed Palestinians here in Israel that have committed a variety of uh security offenses uh in phase two much like we saw with the first uh ceasefire deal there would be an option to extend the ceasefire and release more
Israeli hostages this time female women that served in the IDF and were kidnapped as soldiers on October 7th and bodies uh there are at least uh over 20 bodies that Israel claims Hamas is holding uh and likely more uh among the other hundred hostages uh though we
Don’t know how many um that that would also buy another week or two of a ceasefire um but Israel’s prime minister likely to have a time with phase three of this deal which says essentially uh that Israel would agree to an all forall SWAP the rest of the male captives uh
Men and soldiers in exchange for over 6,000 Palestinians jailed here Israel has continuously uh and and uh consistently said it will not uh talk about an all forall deal it also calls for a Palestinian technocrat government to take over and for a full Israeli withdrawal from Gaza Israel of course
Believes that it wants you know it has a role in post Gaza not to govern but to be have a security role so it will not uh I do not believe Israel’s prime minister will consider a full withdrawal uh plus Israel’s primee Minister has been clear that he doesn’t want any kind
Of version of the Palestinian Authority in the Gaz of strip Jordan good to talk to you while we’re talking both Hamas and the Islamic Jihad reportedly rejected the proposal is according to two Egyptian sources to Reuters in the past few minutes we’ll keep you on top of events there Jordana Miller in
Jerusalem next
The Gaza health ministry said an Israeli air strike killed at least 70 people on Christmas Eve at the Al-Maghazi refugee camp. Jordana Miller, ABC News Correspondent in Jerusalem said, “This looks like one of the deadliest single strikes since Israel’s ground offensive began at the end of October.”
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25 comments
75+ years Old Sovereign Country in the land of Palestine
Evidence that the people gathered in Cairo cannot be trusted at all
Let it rain
Why does France always obeyed the us ??? Is France under us control,??? 😂😂
Many today are celebrating the birth of a Palestinian Jew in the West Bank.
"Israel has no intension to kill civilians. It's hamas hiding behind them".. can you imagine how if israel intensionally attack civillians?
The Genesis of this present war motivated by Hamas 7th of October..
Dude is fighting to keep his position as PM
Israel will prevail.. ..
They are the king of the world that even the mighty us, eu, canada, india and even australia is under their rules, 🙋🙋
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Ceasefire? How about asking Hamas to surrender? Are you all afraid of Hamas? Israel must do what they need to do!
As long as there is a "Gazan run Health Ministry", the show must go on …
There's no Christmas in mideast! Just report what is happening, dont make a story as if there's large Christians in gaza!
Nathan fighting to save his
May God protect Yair Netanyahu's son, chosen among the chosen, in Florida and provide him with a long, pleasure and luxury life full of sunshine and attractive sexy women and keep him in Florida out of harm way. Amen.
Israeli army investigating the incident?? 😂😂😂😂
The only thing in their mind the survival of the coalition nothing else not even the young men sent to die and the hostages.
How’s your resistance going for you today?😂
There’s no temporary truces only options is full stop war no if no but.
Isreal are in trap & loosing this war politically,fanincial & military never reach their target to release captives or destroy Hamas.now idf lost many soldiers or officers thousands in Gaza , still Netanyahu doesn't want to accept reality ceasefire.
You can’t talk about ceasefire before the hostages are released….after that pressure can be put on Israel…you can’t show mercy on a enemy that doesn’t do the same
Of course !!! Just look at Macron and you have the answer
PM of Israel spoke to president of USA to put pressure on Egypt government to find new home for people from Gaza and the Egyptian security closed the border to stop any one getting into Egypt . With Israel counting the war will be more people to die and more damage to the rest of Gaza .
The Gaza citizens are being used as human shields. Hamas keeps hiding among them and IDF strikes.
The use of human shields is not going to influence the acquisition of targets or compromise the objective of the mission.
The mission is to cause the elimination of the threat of the terror group known as Hamas.
Citizens that do not flee and are forced into cooperation with Hamas will not stop the objective and are considered as collaborators by means of military law and laws of war.
They have 2 legs, leave the battlefield or be considered as enemies.
Israel is offering non captive prisoners of war to those that surrender. That means that those who surrender won’t be imprisoned or tortured…. Or fed to the kosher sharks.