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Israel "will not engage in meaningless" negotiations, top diplomat says following Security Council vote
From CNN's Mariya Knight in Atlanta
Israel's representative to the United Nations said Monday that her country will continue its operation in Gaza and won’t engage in “meaningless and endless negotiations” that she said would be exploited by Hamas.
Reut Shapir Ben-Naftaly's comments at a UN Security Council meeting focused on ending the conflict in Gaza followed a vote to adopt a resolution proposed by the United States for a permanent ceasefire and release of the hostages.
It was adopted with 14 votes in favor and one abstention, by Russia.Israel is not currently a member of the UNSC, and so did not vote.
Ben-Naftalyemphasizedthat Israel wants to “ensure that Gaza doesn’t pose a threat to Israel in the future” and the importance for Israel to meet its goals in Gaza, such as “bringing hostages back home” and “dismantling Hamas’ capabilities.” Once these goals are met, “the war will end,” she said.
“Israel stands firm on our principles, and they have not changed, we will continue until all of the hostages are returned, and until Hamas military and governing capabilities are dismantled, these have been our goals from day one. […] Israel will not let Hamas rearm or regroup so that Gaza can posea threat to Israel. This is an unwavering goal that we are aiming to achieve. This also means that Israel will not engage in meaningless and endless negotiations which can be exploited by Hamas as a means to stall for time,” Ben-Naftaly said.
Here's how Israel conducted its operation to rescue 4 hostages while reportedly killing over 270 Palestinians
From CNN's Benjamin Brown,Allegra GoodwinandGianluca Mezzofiore
Two days after an Israeli military operationrescued four hostagesbeing held by Hamas in Nuseirat refugee camp, central Gaza, killing more than 270 Palestinians, according to Gaza health officials, new details are emerging about what was one of the most dramatic and deadly events since the war started.
The daytime rescue operation, which took weeks of planning, caught militants holding hostages in two different buildings in a densely packed civilian area off guard. It appeared to have been carried out by Israeli forces using non-military vehicles, including a white Mercedes van, according to eyewitnesses, whose accounts tallied with videos analyzed by CNN. Eyewitnesses also said that they saw Israeli forces in disguise – dressed as Hamas fighters or civilians.
“They were dressed in military uniforms like resistance fighters, carrying helmets and wearing signs of the [Hamas] resistance, giving the impression to people that they were resistance fighters, but in reality, they were an Israeli special forces unit,” Khalil Al Tirawi, a local resident, told CNN.
The Israeli military denied using civilian vehicles, but declined to say whether the officers conducting the rescue were disguised as militants or dressed as Palestinian civilians. The Israeli military had previously used civilian clothing as a tactic in its operations.
"Burden is on the Israeli side" to implement UN-backed ceasefire deal, Palestinian ambassador to UN says
From CNN's Mia Alberti in Lisbon
The Palestinian Authority welcomesthe resolution approved by the United Nations Security Council on Monday, but it is in Israel's hands to implement it, Palestinian UN envoy RiyadMansour said.
The resolution is a "step in the right direction" andwelcomed by "all Palestinians," Mansour said.
"We want a ceasefire", he said, adding the "burden is on the Israeli side to implement this resolution and to have the ceasefire immediately in place and have the exchange of Palestinian prisoners and make this ceasefire a permanent ceasefire."
The UN resolution says Israel has accepted the proposal.
Regarding the possibility of Hamas accepting or rejecting the deal, the Palestinian official said he "did not hear any Palestinian[say]anything but to welcome this resolution."
Catch up: Blinken is in Jerusalem for Israel-Hamas deal diplomacy after the release of 4 Israeli hostages
From CNN staff
Top US diplomat Antony Blinken arrived in Israel Monday — his eighth trip to the region since October 7 — to speak to key players and call on partners in the Middle East to “press Hamas to say yes” to a proposal outlining a permanent ceasefire in Gaza and release of hostages taken by Hamas. He met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and is expected to meet Benny Gantz, a former war cabinet minister who resigned over the weekend.
Meanwhile, the United Nations Security Council passed a resolution vote on the US proposal for a permanent ceasefire and release of the hostages in Gaza on Monday. Hamas said later Monday that it welcomed the resolution.
Here's more of the latest headlines:
- Update on freed hostages: Two of the four hostagesfreed on Saturdayhave now left the hospital, the Hostages Families Forum in Israel said, adding that Shlomi Ziv and Andrey Kozlov would be staying in a hotel for the next few nights. The Israeli police and the Israeli Security Agency have released video recorded on a helmet camera of the moment the threemalehostages were rescued in Gaza on Saturday.
- Update on Palestinian casualties: Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), also known as Doctors Without Borders said in statement Monday it "treated hundreds of severely injured patients, many of whom were children" after the Israeli operation at the Nuseirat camp killed at least 270 Palestinians and left about 700 wounded, according to Gaza health authorities.
- Aid operation were paused on US floating pier: The World Food Programme paused its operations at the US military’s floating temporary pier in Gaza pending the outcome of a comprehensive United Nations security assessment of aid worker safety, a spokesperson told CNN Monday. The pause went into effect after the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) rescued four hostagesand left hundreds of Palestinians dead. The Pentagon acknowledged there was some Israeli military activity near the staging area for the pier, but denied the pier was used in the operation.
- Middle East tensions: An Israeli drone operating oversouthern Lebanon was shot down by a surface-to-air missile on Monday, according to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).Lebanon’s Iran-backed Islamist group Hezbollah said it carried out the attack againstthe Israeli drone “in support of our steadfast Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip.”
"Fighting could stop today," US ambassador to the UN says while urging Hamas to accept ceasefire deal
From CNN's Mia Alberti in Beirut and Richard Roth
The United Statesambassador to the United Nations is urging Hamas to accept the latest ceasefire proposal and hostage deal after the UN Security Council voted overwhelmingly on Monday to support it.
The American representative, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, said Israel has agreed to the deal and "the fighting could stop today if Hamas would do the same. I repeat: the fighting could stop today."
"The last eight months have been nothing short of devastating for Israelis who lost loved ones on October 7th when Hamas set this conflict into motion by carrying out acts of unthinkable violence," she said. "The Palestinian people have endured sheer hell in this war started by Hamas. There is an opportunity to chart a different curse. Hamas must take it."
The Security Council adopted the US-draftedresolution with 14 votes in favor, zero against and one abstention by Russia.
The US ambassador outlined the framework of the deal that is divided into three phases and initially includes a ceasefire, the release of Israeli hostages and the exchange of Palestinian prisoners. Ultimately the deal would also implement a permanent end to hostilities and full withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza, the effective distribution of aid as well as a major multiyear reconstruction in the strip.
Thomas-Greenfield said the US will guarantee Israel follows through with its obligations while Egypt and Qatar will do the same with Hamas. The ambassador also said the deal "rejects any geographical changes" in Gaza and reiterates the commitment to a two-state solution.
"We did not have time to bury the dead" in Nuseirat on Saturday, MSF doctor says
From CNN's Tim Lister, Kareem Khadder and Vasco Cotovio
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), also known as Doctors Without Borders, "treated hundreds of severely injured patients, many of whom were children," it said in a statement on Monday after an Israeli operation at the Nuseirat camp killed at least 270 Palestinians and left about 700 wounded, according to Gaza health authorities.
"Dozens of people were killed. We did not have time to bury them," said a doctor, who MSF said preferred to remain anonymous.
The doctor spoke of several friends and acquaintances who had been killed. "The list is too long … and I will never see any of them again."
The international non-governmental organization said it worked along with medical staff at Al-Aqsa and Nasser hospitals in Gaza.
The MSF doctor, who has lived in the Nuseirat camp since 2013, described living through "three hours of real terror and fear." He said had gone to Al-Awda clinic in Deir al-Balah where he saw "dozens and dozens of people lying on the ground. Some of them were dead, others injured."
“There were sounds of missiles and explosions everywhere. We didn’t know what was happening. Everyone was screaming and running away in every direction. We could hear the sirens from the ambulances. It felt as if it was the end of the world,” the doctor added.
1,000 truckloads of aid for Gaza stranded at Kerem Shalom crossing, Israel says
From CNN's Tim Lister and Tamar Michaelis
The Israeli agency responsible for approving humanitarian aid destined for Gaza says that, as of Monday, the equivalent of 1,000 truckloads of aid remain on the Gaza side of the Kerem Shalom crossing.
The Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) said in a post on X that197 aid trucks were transferred to Gaza on Monday.
“The aid trucks were sent via Egypt, the Ashdod port, and Israel," the agency wrote in the post. “Currently, the content of 1,000 trucks is waiting on the Gazan side of Kerem Shalom to be picked up by UNaid agencies.”
That is 100 trucks more than on Sunday, according to COGAT.
United Nations agencies have frequently said that Israeli military operations in Gaza as well as the need to get approval for convoys inside the Strip have complicated their ability to distribute aid in much of Gaza.
COGAT says that since the beginning of the year,88% of all coordination requests have been approved.
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in its latest report that while the delivery of some fuel supplies had helped reduce the level of accumulated wastewater in the Sheikh Radwan area, “the lack of a steady flow of fuel creates a continued risk of sewage overflow into neighbouring areas.”
“In addition, the lack of sufficient fuel limits water distribution through the functional networks, which, coupled with the lack of generators and spare parts, continues to impact the availability of potable water," OCHA said.
As of June 2, daily water production in the Gaza Strip stood at around 95,000 cubic meters per day, representing only 26% of water produced before October 2023.
Hamas welcomes UN Security Council resolution on Gaza and says it's ready to cooperate with mediators
From CNN's Abeer Salman and Hamdi Alkhshali
Hamas said Monday that it welcomed the United Nations Security Council resolution calling for a permanent cessation of hostilities in Gaza.
Hamas said in a statement soon after the vote that it was ready to engage with mediators in indirect negotiations to implement the measures approved by theUN Security Councilsuch as the “complete withdrawal [of Israeli forces] from the Gaza Strip, prisoner exchange, reconstruction, the return of the displaced to their areas of residence, rejection of any demographic change or reduction in the area of the Gaza Strip, and the introduction of the necessary aid to our people in the Strip.”
The Security Council resolution, put forward by the United States, was approved by 14 votes to none.
Detailed negotiations to implement its provisions are yet to yield agreement on the part of both Israel and Hamas.
