{"id":27091,"date":"2025-12-21T04:50:54","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T04:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=27091"},"modified":"2025-12-21T04:50:57","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T04:50:57","slug":"us-egypt-qatar-turkiye-urge-restraint-in-gaza-as-israeli-attacks-continue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=27091","title":{"rendered":"US, Egypt, Qatar, Turkiye urge restraint in Gaza as Israeli attacks continue"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The talks between the four countries lauded the first stage of the truce, including expanded humanitarian assistance, return of captives, force withdrawals and reduction in hostilities.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The United States, Egypt, Qatar and Turkiye have urged the parties to the Gaza ceasefire to honour their commitments<\/a> and show restraint, the chief US envoy says after talks in the US city of Miami.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senior officials from the four mediator countries met Steve Witkoff, US President Donald Trump\u2019s special envoy, on Friday to review the first phase of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, which took effect on October 10, according to a joint statement released on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The meeting was held against the backdrop of ongoing Israeli attacks on the enclave. The Palestinian Civil Defence in Gaza said that six people were killed on Friday<\/a> when an Israeli strike hit a school housing displaced people, raising the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli fire since the deal took effect to about 400.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe reaffirm our full commitment to the entirety of the President\u2019s [Trump\u2019s] 20-point peace plan and call on all parties to uphold their obligations, exercise restraint, and cooperate with monitoring arrangements,\u201d Witkoff said in a statement posted on X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First phase of truce<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Saturday\u2019s statement cited progress yielded in the first stage of the peace agreement, including expanded humanitarian assistance, the return of captives\u2019 bodies, partial force withdrawals and a reduction in hostilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It called for \u201cthe near-term establishment and operationalisation\u201d of a transitional administration, which is due to happen in the second phase of the agreement, and said that consultations would continue in the coming weeks over its implementation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Under the truce deal\u2019s terms, Israel is supposed to withdraw from its positions in Gaza, an interim authority is to govern the Palestinian territory instead of Hamas, and an international stabilisation force is to be deployed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Friday, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio<\/a> expressed hope that countries would contribute troops for the stabilisation force, but also urged the disarmament of Hamas, warning the process would unravel unless that happened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hamas statement<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A meeting was also held between Hamas\u2019s chief negotiator, Khalil al-Hayya, and Turkish intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin in Istanbul on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a statement from Hamas after the meeting, the group said it was committed to abiding by the ceasefire agreement, despite Israeli violations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe delegation stressed the urgent need to halt these continuous violations,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe delegation also reviewed the deteriorating humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip with the onset of winter, emphasising the critical priority of urgently bringing in tents, caravans, and heavy equipment to save our people from death by cold and drowning, given the destruction of infrastructure and homes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Winter storms have been worsening the conditions<\/a> for hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians in Gaza<\/a>, as aid agencies warn that Israeli restrictions are preventing lifesaving assistance from reaching people across the besieged enclave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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