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The number of Palestinians killed by Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip has risen to 256 people, including 20 children, and 1,788 citizens with various injuries, announced the Palestinian Embassy in Cairo. Meanwhile, the ongoing escalation led to the death of 600 Israelis and the injury of 2,000 others.
The situation escalated between the two sides when a group of Palestinian militants stormed Israeli settlements and captured a number of Israeli soldiers and settlers.
“The current year witnessed the largest number of Palestinian martyrs, exceeding 200 martyrs,” the statement read, noting that these acts would escalate violence and bloodshed and deteriorate the consequences.
The Egyptian Foreign Minister stressed the need to resolve the current stalemate in the peace process between the Palestinians and Israelis by resuming negotiations as soon as possible with the aim of achieving a two-state solution, Abu Zeid said.
Mr. Wennesland expressed his aspiration to work and coordinate with Cairo on the peace process during the coming period and to achieve the required breakthrough in the peace process.
President Sisi affirmed Egypt’s full support to reach a just and comprehensive solution to revive the peace process between the Palestinians and Israelis.
A Palestinian gunman killed two Israelis at a bus station in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, Israel's military said, after Israeli forces killed two Hamas fugitives who carried out earlier attacks.
Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay E. Mladenov welcomes the full return of the Gaza crossings to the auspices of the Palestinian Authority.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said his country supports Egypt’s efforts in reviving the Middle East peace process between Israelis and Palestinians.
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