In Palestine, the terrestrial operation of Israel in the Gaza Strip is unlikely. So the chances of holding a similar operation assessed Palestine Ambassador to Russia Abdel Hafiz Nofal in a conversation with “Tape.ru.”
“they will continue the attacks only with the use of aviation, but they will not send the army to the Gaza Strip,” Novofal said. The diplomat also commented on the recent media reports that the United States plans to deliver high-precision weapons to Israel worth $ 735 million. The ambassador noted that Palestine is absolutely not surprised by this decision by the Presidential Administration Joe Bayden, adding as Democrats, and Republicans in the United States, as a rule, take the side of Israel.
At the same time, Novofal recalled that the administration of Joe Bayiden declared the support of the principle of two states, the need to settle the question of the status of Jerusalem between Palestine and Israel, as well as to resolve the contributions to the United Nations Agency for the Agency of Palestinian Refugees. “So, if you compare, this administration is better for Palestine than [former US President Donald] Trump,” said Nofal.
Earlier, Noofal also spoke about the desired timing of the truce and called the best option for negotiations with Israel. According to the diplomat, Palestine expects to negotiate with Israel on the cease-fire over the next two or three days and considers the format of the Middle Eastern Quartet, which includes the UN, EU, Russia and the United States, the best option for further negotiations with Israel.
The aggravation of the conflict between Palestine and Israel began with clashes against the background of the decision of the Israeli authorities to evict four Palestinian families from the Quarter Sheikh-Jarry in East Jerusalem. On May 10, Palestinian groupings of Hamas and Islamic jihad, based in the Gaza Strip, began a massive shelling of Israel – a total of over three thousand missiles were issued in the country. In response, the Israeli army called on five thousand reservists and inflicts air strikes for goals in the Gaza Strip. Clashs are still. According to the latest data, with the beginning of the escalation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, ten Israelis and 220 residents of the Gaza Strip were killed.
May 13 became known that the Israel Defense Army began prepared for ground operation in the Gaza Strip and expects an appropriate order from the General Staff.