The ceasefire will begin at 8 a.m. local time (0500 GMT) on Friday, Aug. 1, they said in a joint statement. The statement said “forces on the ground will remain in place” during the truce, implying that Israeli ground forces will not withdraw.
We urge all parties to act with restraint until this humanitarian ceasefire begins, and to fully abide by their commitments during the ceasefire,” Kerry and Ban said. “This ceasefire is critical to giving innocent civilians a much-needed reprieve from violence.
Earlier Thursday, Israel mobilised 16,000 more army reservists to bolster operations against militants in Gaza.
"The army has issued 16,000 additional mobilisation orders to allow troops on the ground to rest," an army spokeswoman said.
Israel has now mobilised a total of 86,000 reservists for its Gaza campaign, launched on July 8 to try to end rocket fire from Hamas and other militant groups in the Palestinian enclave.
The move came as the White House said there was little doubt that Israeli artillery was responsible for a strike on a UN school in Gaza on Wednesday, describing the shelling as “totally unacceptable and totally indefensible”.
White House spokesman Josh Earnest cited statements from the UN saying Israel was behind the shelling, as well as the Israeli government’s acknowledgement that it was firing in the area of the school.
Earnest said that while the US supports a full investigation into the matter, “it does not appear there’s a lot of doubt about whose artillery was involved”.
An initial Israeli aerial campaign was widened into a ground offensive on July 17. Since then the campaign has concentrated on destroying more than 30 cross-border tunnels that militants have constructed to carry out attacks on Israeli territory.
Israel says that most of the 32 tunnels it has uncovered have now been demolished and that getting rid of the remainder will take no more than a few days.
Israel vowed Thursday that it would not pull troops out of Gaza until they finish destroying the tunnels, despite sharp international criticism over the Palestinian death toll.
Speaking at a special cabinet meeting in Tel Aviv, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would not accept any ceasefire that did not allow troops to continue destroying tunnels used by militants to attack Israel.
"Until now, we have destroyed dozens of terror tunnels and we are determined to finish this mission -- with or without a ceasefire," he said at the start of the meeting...................http://www.france24.com/en/20140801-israel-hamas-agree-72-hour-humanitarian-ceasefire-kerry-ban/
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IDF releases statement of 5 soldiers killed in action ...
ReplyDeleteThe IDF spokesman announced on Friday that five soldiers were killed in action near the Israel-Gaza border.
The soldiers came under fire from shelling while on the Israeli side of the border. 19 soldiers were wounded in the previous day's fighting.
http://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/IDF-releases-statement-of-5-soldiers-killed-in-action-369687
1/8/14
John Kerry arrache un cessez-le-feu de 72 heures à Gaza...
ReplyDeleteLe secrétaire d'État américain John Kerry a annoncé qu'Israël et le Hamas avaient accepté de respecter un cessez-le-feu de 72 heures dans la bande de Gaza, à partir de vendredi. Des négociations pourraient débuter en Égypte dans la foulée .
Le cessez-le-feu a débuté vendredi 1er août. Israël et le Hamas se sont entendus pour faire taire 72 heures à Gaza, théâtre sanglant de l’offensive militaire israélienne lancée le 8 juillet, a annoncé le secrétaire d'État américain John Kerry, en déplacement à New Delhi. Des discussions devraient également commencer entre Israéliens et Palestiniens dans la foulée au Caire...............http://www.france24.com/fr/20140801-gaza-cessez-le-feu-72-heures-treve-humanitaire-john-kerry-hamas-israel-tsahal-pourparlers-egypte-caire/
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Israel-Hamas ceasefire collapses...
ReplyDeleteThe Israeli military has told people in Gaza it is resuming operations, saying Hamas broke a planned 72-hour ceasefire just hours after it had begun.
The army said it had warned residents to stay indoors.
Palestinian sources said at least 30 people had been killed in an Israeli attack in Gaza. Israel said it was in response to rocket fire from Hamas.
Some 1,460 Palestinians, mostly civilians, have died in the conflict and 63 Israelis, mostly soldiers.
The ceasefire had been brokered by the US and UN to give civilians a reprieve from the violence, and had been seen as an unforeseen breakthrough after days of diplomatic deadlock.................http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-28603599
Cinq soldats israéliens et 25 Palestiniens auraient été tués vendredi dans le sud de la bande de Gaza, après le début de la trêve. Selon le quotidien israélien "Haaretz", l'armée aurait mis fin au cessez-le-feu....
ReplyDeleteDeux heures après son entrée en vigueur vendredi 1er août, le cessez-le-feu entre Israël et le Hamas vole en éclats. Le quotidien israélien "Haaretz", citant un officiel de l'armée, a annoncé la fin de la trêve.
Selon Antoine Mariotti, envoyé spécial de FRANCE 24 à Sdérot, en Israël, des combats auraient éclaté dans la matinée au point de passage de Kerem Shalom, dans le sud de l'enclave palestinienne, non loin de Rafah.
Plusieurs Palestiniens et cinq soldats israéliens, selon "Haaretz", auraient été tués lors d'un échange de tirs. Au moins 25 Palestiniens ont été tués dans cette même zone, dans des bombardements de l'armée israélienne consécutifs à la fusillade.
Le gouvernement israélien a accusé le mouvement islamiste palestinien du Hamas et ses alliés de "violation flagrante" du cessez-le-feu. Pourtant, Israël et le Hamas avaient pour la première fois tous deux accepté, dans la nuit de jeudi à vendredi, une trêve humanitaire de 72 heures...........................http://www.france24.com/fr/20140801-gaza-israel-tsahal-soldats-palestiniens-tues-treve/