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| ISRAEL PALESTINE CONFLICT |
NEWSLINE PAPER,- The "fallout" from the UN Security Council decision requiring an instant cessation of hostilities is highlighted by Israel's rejection of a planned ceasefire accord in Gaza, as per Hamas' rejection.
The Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu office declared that Israel will not give in to what it called the "unrealistic expectations" of the Palestinian militant group.
These include an end to hostilities and an Israeli army withdrawal in its whole.
“Erroneous in nearly all aspects,” the US declared the Israeli declaration.
According to a State Department spokesman, Hamas had prepared their response before the Security Council voted on Monday.
Meanwhile, the Israeli military declared that, about two weeks ago, a strike on a subterranean network beneath the Nuseirat refugee camp killed Marwan Issa, the deputy head of Hamas's military branch.
"We have verified all of the intelligence," said Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, a spokesman. The hit claimed Marwan Issa.
According to Hamas political spokesman Izzat al-Rishq, the group's military command will have the "ultimate decision" and he had "no trust" in the Israeli claim.
According to Rear Admiral Hagari, Issa was "third in command" and "one of the orchestrators" of Hamas's October 7 attacks on southern Israel, which claimed the lives of about 1,200 people and abducted another 253.
According to the health ministry operated by Hamas, over 32,400 people have died in Gaza since then, 81 of them in the last 24 hours.
Israel reacted furiously when, after months of deadlock, the UN Security Council for the first time approved a resolution requesting an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza conflict.
The document, which also demanded the quick increase of humanitarian relief supplies and the unconditional release of all remaining prisoners, was endorsed by fourteen council members, including the UK.
Closest ally and military supporter of Israel, the United States, attacked the resolution for failing to denounce Hamas for the October 7 attacks.
Still, the US abstained, declaring that it fully supported the main goals, a sign of its mounting frustration at Israel's handling of the conflict.
An Israeli delegation was supposed to visit Washington to discuss its planned ground offensive in the southern city of Rafah, where over a million civilians have sought sanctuary. Israel canceled the visit in protest. A comprehensive attack, the US has warned, might set off a humanitarian catastrophe.
Then Hamas released a statement rejecting the most recent truce plan offered by US, Qatari, and Egyptian mediators at Doha indirect talks.
The group said it was upholding its original demands for the return of displaced Palestinians to their homes and "a lasting ceasefire that would lead to a full withdrawal" of Israeli forces from Gaza.
“Clearly demonstrates its complete lack of interest in a negotiated agreement and attests to the fallout from the UN Security Council’s resolution,” the Israeli prime minister’s office said on Tuesday morning.
"Israel will not entertain the irrational expectations of Hamas," it said. “Israel will pursue and achieve its legitimate war objectives: dismantling Hamas’s military and governmental capabilities, releasing all the captives, and making sure Gaza will not pose a threat to the people of Israel in the future.”
Among the 14 countries that voted in favour of the Security Council resolution was the UK; the US abstained.
But Matthew Miller, a spokesman for the US State Department, discounted the criticism.
"That statement is unjust to the captives and their families and is wrong in almost all aspects," he said.