Peace talks stall as Hamas demands Israeli withdrawal and statehood before disarmament
Peace talks between Israel and Hamas over Gaza have stalled over the demand that Hamas disarm, Palestinian factions now insist on an Israeli withdrawal and the creation of a new Palestinian entity before any concessions. Negotiators in Cairo confirmed the deadlock late Tuesday, with one senior Palestinian official saying “disarmament cannot be discussed until Israel commits to full withdrawal and statehood.”
The impasse comes as the United Nations warns that humanitarian conditions in Gaza are deteriorating sharply. Only the Kerem Shalom crossing remains open for cargo, cutting daily food distributions from 1.5 million to 678,000 rations, while temperatures in tent camps exceed 40 °C, making shelters uninhabitable for tens of thousands of families.
Meanwhile, a UN investigation alleges that Hamas fighters and police executed, beat and mutilated dozens of Palestinians during the war, crimes the group’s spokesperson dismissed as “baseless.” The report, published Monday by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, documents 32 cases of extrajudicial killings in Gaza City and Khan Younis, including children.
Israel faces its own scrutiny. A UN fact-finding mission reports that Israeli security forces routinely accompany settlers and shield them during attacks on Palestinian villages in the West Bank, including 48 airspace violations and nine airstrikes recorded near Tyre, Lebanon, in the past 24 hours after Israel ordered the evacuation of the entire city, affecting 44,000 residents.
Human-rights group B’Tselem released video on Wednesday that contradicts the Israeli military’s account of a shooting in Hebron that killed a seven-month-old Palestinian infant. The footage shows Israeli soldiers firing toward a residential area where the child was later found dead. The military has not responded to the new evidence.
Dutch media have profiled a former Dutch sharpshooter who served in the Israel Defense Forces during operations in Gaza, Lebanon and the West Bank, raising questions about European nationals joining foreign militaries in conflict zones. The man, whose identity is protected, told Dutch public broadcaster NOS that he left after witnessing “indiscriminate fire” that killed civilians.
With negotiations frozen, analysts warn that the humanitarian crisis and escalating violence in southern Lebanon risk dragging the region into a wider confrontation. “Every day that passes without a political horizon deepens the despair and fuels further radicalisation on both sides,” said a senior EU diplomat in Jerusalem who asked not to be named.
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