Israel and  Hamas reached an understanding Friday to restore calm to the Gaza border, an Israeli official confirmed. Army Radio reported earlier that the main points relating to the understanding, include "stopping the firing of balloons and controlling the demonstrators along the border fence."
"Following the UN and Egyptian appeals, Israel will allow the expansion of the fishing zone and the transfer of fuel after Hamas pledges to stop the violence against Israel," the official said.

Accordingly, Israel expanded the fishing zone to 15 nautical miles and will return diesel supplies to the Gaza Strip.
The agreement has purportedly been reached with the knowledge and approval of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after 18 consecutive days of fires breaking out along the Gaza border fence following incendiary balloons sent from Gaza.
Gadi Yarkoni, head of the Eshkol regional council responded to the report claiming that "We have turned into a place where the enemy can do as he pleases, and if there's a ceasefire agreement, it seems that the prime minister does not have to update us."
An interactive map from the Jewish National Fund indicates there have been 1,124 such fires, which have burned 11,036 dunams of land (roughly 2,700 acres) to date.Since the beginning of the week, more than 100 fires had broken out as a result of the incendiary balloons, mostly at the Ashkelon Beach, Eshkol and Sha'ar Hanegev regional areas. Forces that are called in to put out the fires generally manage to control the flames and extinguish the fires.
Blue and White MK Yair Lapid related to the report on Twitter, saying "Why was the agreement signed? Because Hamas wanted. When will the agreement be violated? Whenever Hamas wants."

Lapid made further comments, saying that "For the umpteenth time, a truce agreement with Hamas was signed. This agreement is equal to its predecessors, nothing. A few days of quiet and then we return to the routine."

"Hamas holds and controls both sides of the fence, on the one hand, the civilian population in Gaza, and on the other, the communities surrounding the Gaza Strip. In its desire, Hamas sets flame to the area and wants to sign a truce. The Israeli government has lost all interest in the residents of the Gaza border communities," Lapid added.
Yisrael Beytenu leader MK Avigdor Liberman also commented on the report, saying that "This morning, too, as in a recurring ritual, Hamas members thanked Benjamin Netanyahu for all the concessions given to them in the framework of the tendentious surrender ("calm") agreement on our part and sent a huge bouquet of balloons attached to an explosive device to the citizens of Israel."
"The way to dodge the issue and not respond to an ongoing terror attack with 100 fires a week in the Gaza vicinity is to talk about 100 nuclear bombs in Iran," added Liberman. "Those who can not deal with the terrorist organization Hamas using actions, will only deal with the Iranian nuclear threat with words."

Source- THE JERUSALEM POST

Posted: June 28, 2019 12:42 pm

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