Morocco welcomed the temporary truce agreement in the Gaza Strip, Minister of Foreign Affairs Nasser Bourita said on Thursday in Rabat.
Nasser Bourita © Mena Today
Morocco welcomed the temporary truce agreement in the Gaza Strip, Minister of Foreign Affairs Nasser Bourita said on Thursday in Rabat.
He added that the country also praises the mediation efforts of Qatar, the US, and Egypt, which led to the agreement.
While speaking at a press conference with the UN Secretary General’s Personal Envoy to Libya Abdoulaye Bathily, Bourita added that Morocco welcomes the “important effort” which resulted in the agreement, which “could represent an essential milestone for thinking about a lasting and verifiable ceasefire.”
He added that the truce will allow for the delivery of urgent humanitarian aid to Palestinian people and facilitate relief efforts, and that the establishment of an independent Palestinian state is crucial for stability in the Middle East.
The top diplomat also called for the international community to move past crisis management and start opening new prospects through a real political process to achieve peace through a two-state solution.
The four-day truce is set to begin on Friday morning, according to the Qatari foreign ministry.
The first civilian captives in Hamas’ possession will be released that day, while Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons are also set to be freed.
The truce will also allow more trucks with humanitarian aid to pass through to the besieged Gaza Strip, offering much needed supplies and relief to the civilians there.
A Lebanese official denied on Thursday a Reuters report that Beirut had agreed with Israel to a shortlist of countries that could send troops to Lebanon to verify the disarmament of Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, and said it was following up on the issue with Washington.
Israel won't withdraw from southern Lebanon until Hezbollah is disarmed, the defence minister said on Thursday, qualifying remarks he made a day earlier that had suggested Israeli forces would occupy the territory indefinitely and drew U.S. criticism.
Israeli troops clashed with Jewish settlers on Wednesday while trying to disperse them from a West Bank outpost they set up directly in front of Palestinian homes, and later withdrew from the area after failing to clear the settlers, witnesses said.
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