
Palestinian militants do not intend to conclude a truce with Israel to stop the bloodshed in gas. This was stated by one of the leaders of the group Hamas Mohammad Deif, the BBC reports . In his appeal, published in the form of an audio recordings on Tuesday evening, the commander of the wing of the Khamas, his soldiers are covered by a "thirst for death."
“We do not accept a single ceasefire,” Deif said. “The truce cannot be, until the aggression stops and the gas block is removed.”
Earlier on Tuesday, a senior representative of the Palestinian authorities on the western bank of the Jordan Yaser Abed Rabbo River said that the truce is inevitable, and that he was talking about Hamas on behalf of. However, representatives of Hamas immediately refuted his words.
Deifa appeal appeared simultaneously with the Hamas video, where a tunnel is demonstrated, which is used by militants to attack an Israeli soldier.
It is precisely the tunnels that are created to carry out attacks on the Israelis inside Israel, and became the main reason to start the operation "The Invitless Rock". Operations to destroy the tunnels will continue even after any truce has been achieved, the Israeli Ministry of Defense said.
According to Palestinian sources, over the past day, as a result of the actions of the Israeli army in the Gaza sector, more than 120 people have died. The number of those killed in the sector since the beginning of the operation reached 1210 people, more than seven thousand were injured.
Over the past day, terrorists launched more than 60 missiles towards Israeli settlements. According to the press service of the Israeli Defense Army (IDF), about 2,300 missiles were released from the beginning of the operation on the territory of Israel. As a result of shelling, three civilians died. From the beginning of the operation, 53 Israeli troops were killed. Currently, there are 119 wounded soldiers and officers of the IDF in hospitals.
International pressure on Israel continues, from which they demand to stop the operation. The Governments of Chile and Peru consistently recalled their ambassadors from Israel, accusing the Jewish state of violation of the ceasefire agreement.
The Israeli media published a fragment of a telephone conversation between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Barack Obama, who was late in the evening of July 27. Obama requires unilaterally stop active military operations in gas. At the same time, he rejects all the objections of the interlocutor.
On Monday , the UN Security Council called for the immediate and unconditional end of fire in Gaza. This requirement is contained in the statement of the Chairman of the Council. At the same time, the fate of the project initiated by the Jordan of the resolution remains unclear. The document "expresses concern about the deterioration of the situation as a result of the crisis associated with the gas sector, as well as the death of the civilian population and losses." At the same time, members of the UN Security Council agreed not to mention Israel or Hamas in the text.
The operation "Inexhaustible rock" began on July 8 after the more frequent shelling of Israeli cities from the Gaza sector. On July 17, the Israeli authorities decided to begin the ground phase of the operation.