Israel refuses ceasefire, airstrike kills 10 people, US refuses to give up

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his country was not ready to reach a ceasefire agreement with Hamas, stressing the need to continue to put pressure on the Palestinian militant group.

A displaced Palestinian child at a refugee camp near Al Aqsa Hospital in Deir al Balah, after an Israeli airstrike on the area killed four people on September 5. (Source: Anadolu)

On September 5, in an interview with Fox News , Mr. Netanyahu declared: "Conceding a ceasefire now would be giving Hamas a license to kill more hostages. We must continue to put pressure on Hamas, not Israel."

When asked about the possibility of reaching a ceasefire agreement, the Israeli Prime Minister replied frankly: "Unfortunately, not yet."

A day earlier, Mr. Netanyahu made clear his stance on the condition of achieving a lasting ceasefire in Gaza: the parties involved must ensure that the Philadelphia Corridor between the Gaza Strip and Egypt does not become a supply route for Hamas.

Arab League (AL) Secretary General Ahmed Aboul Gheit on the same day accused Prime Minister Netanyahu of obstructing the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip with the above condition.

Rejecting Mr. Netanyahu's accusation that Egypt failed to prevent arms smuggling into Gaza, the AL Secretary General said that this was just a diversion tactic to prolong the conflict in Gaza.

Mr. Aboul Gheit warned that recent Israeli actions could undermine Egypt's important role in the region. Arab countries supported Cairo's stance against the presence of Israeli forces in the Philadelphia Corridor.

The AL Secretary General called on the international community to pressure Israel to agree to a ceasefire, stressing the need to prevent the escalation of conflict in the region.

Meanwhile, Hamas also asserted that it is necessary to force Israel to accept the US-proposed ceasefire agreement that the movement agreed to on July 2.

On the US side, on the same day, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that both Israel and Hamas need to agree on outstanding issues to complete the ceasefire agreement in Gaza.

Reuters news agency quoted Mr. Blinken as saying that about 90% of the agreement has been agreed, but there are still some important issues to be resolved, including the Philadelphia corridor.

Speaking at a press conference, Mr. Blinken said: "I expect that in the next few days, we will share with Israel, and Qatar and Egypt will work with Hamas to find ways to resolve the remaining issues."

Regarding the developments of the conflict, according to Palestinian sources, at least 10 Palestinians were killed in the latest Israeli airstrikes on many locations in the Gaza Strip on September 5.

In Rafah, an Israeli drone struck a crowd, killing two people. In Khan Younis, one Palestinian died in an airstrike on a refugee shelter. In Gaza City, three people were killed when Israel struck a school.

The most serious was a bombing of evacuation tents in the courtyard of al-Aqsa hospital in Deir al-Balah, killing four people and injuring many others.

According to Gaza health authorities, after nearly 11 months of conflict, the number of Palestinians killed has reached 40,878, with 94,454 injured. In the past 24 hours alone, Gaza recorded 17 more deaths and 56 injuries.

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