France, Egypt and Jordan jointly call for “unconditional” ceasefire in Gaza – POLITICO

The article calls for a two-state solution as “the only credible option to guarantee peace and security for all and ensure that neither Israelis nor Palestinians have to relive the horrors that have befallen them” since the attack. of Hamas against Israel on October 7. when militants brutally killed 1,200 Israelis and took hundreds of hostages.

The three leaders also warned of “dangerous consequences” if Israel embarks on its planned offensive in Rafah, the southern Gaza city where more than a million Palestinians are sheltering from Israeli bombardment.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly vowed to invade the city, saying it is Hamas’s last stronghold, and said Monday “there is a date” for the offensive, which he did not reveal. Israel’s main ally, the United States, urged Israel to reconsider its decision.

These new calls for a ceasefire come as the latest round of negotiations between Israel and Hamas in Cairo remained deadlocked on Monday. A Hamas official told Reuters that the Israeli peace proposal contained “nothing new.”