TEL AVIV, Oct 8 (The African Portal) – Israel’s Ben-Gvir calls for ‘Gaza victoy’ at Al-Aqsa mosque compound Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir visited the flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem and called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to pursue “complete victory” over Hamas in Gaza.
In a video on the edge of one of the most sensitive sites in the Middle East, Ben-Gvir said that two years after the October 7 2023 Hamas attack that triggered the Gaza war, Israel was “winning” at the Jerusalem compound known to Jews as Temple Mount and to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary.
“Every house in Gaza has a picture of the Temple Mount, and today, two years later, we are winning on the Temple Mount. We are the owners of the Temple Mount,” Ben-Gvir said in the video released by his Jewish Power party.
‘Optimism prevails among all parties’ in Gaza talks, say Hamas official
A senior Hamas official said that negotiations held in Egypt for an end to the war in Gaza were advancing in a “spirit of optimism”.
“The mediators are making great efforts to remove any obstacles to the implementation of the ceasefire, and a spirit of optimism prevails among all parties,” Taher al-Nunu told AFP from the Egyptian resort town of Sharm El-Sheikh, where indirect talks began on Monday between Israel and Hamas.
The Palestinian militant group submitted a list of prisoners it wants to be released in the first phase of the truce “in accordance with the agreed-upon criteria and numbers,” Nunu added. In exchange, Hamas is set to release 47 hostages, both alive and dead, it seized in its October 7, 2023 attack on Israel.
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