Including the deportation of Palestinian prisoners.. Netanyahu adds new conditions to the truce proposal in Gaza

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu added a new condition to the proposal for a prisoner exchange deal with Hamas, which includes the deportation of approximately 150 Palestinian prisoners accused of killing Israelis outside the country, according to Hebrew media.

On Sunday, the private Hebrew channel 13 quoted unnamed informed sources as saying that Netanyahu added a number of conditions to the broad outlines of the prisoner exchange deal, including the transfer abroad of a number of Palestinian prisoners who will be released from prisons in Israel.

The sources told the Hebrew channel that these prisoners are accused of killing Israelis, and their number is approximately 150.

She explained that Netanyahu proposes to deport them to countries such as Turkey or Qatar, and never return to the Gaza Strip or the occupied West Bank.

Netanyahu warned the “Iranian axis of evil” against the consequences of attacking Israel, amid expectations that Tehran and the armed groups it supports are preparing to launch retaliatory strikes. Netanyahu said at the beginning of his government’s weekly meeting that “the State of Israel is waging a multi-front war against the Iranian axis of evil,” and added that the army is “prepared for any scenario.”

The Prime Minister said, according to what his office published, “I repeat and say to our enemies: We will respond and impose a heavy price for any aggressive action against us from any party.”

Tensions escalated in the region after Israel's assassination of Hezbollah's military commander, Fouad Shukr, in Beirut, and the head of the Hamas political bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, in Tehran. The two groups have deep ties with Iran.

The commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps warned on Saturday that armed groups allied with Iran would also participate in retaliation against Israel.

Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi went to Tehran to hold mediation talks against the backdrop of the threat of an Iranian retaliatory strike against Israel, according to what local media reported on Sunday.

In talks with Iran's acting Foreign Minister, Ali Bagheri Kani, Safadi sought to dissuade Iran from taking military action against Israel, according to reports.

Official statements in Cairo reported that Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdel Ati also urged Kenny in a phone conversation that all parties must exercise calm and restraint so that the situation in the Middle East does not get out of control.

According to Iranian media reports, Iran has so far rejected all mediation attempts. The use of the Global Positioning System (GPS) has been disabled in large parts of Israel, amid fears of an imminent Iranian attack on Israel, according to what the Times of Israel newspaper and the Ynet news website reported on Sunday. Users.

It was reported that the stoppage affected not only the border areas near Lebanon, but also the highly populated areas in the center of the country. In addition to helping users know directions, GPS is also used by drones to reach their targets.

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