Ibutho leHamas, elafakwa kuluhlu lwamalwecatsha adlulisa amalawulo, amaterrorist yiMelika le-Eropean Union lithi umkhokheli walo uMnu Ismail Haniyeh use-Cairo ukuyaxoxa ngempi eseGaza leziphathamandla zakwele Egypt.
I-Egypt yaphathisa ngenyanga edluleyo kunkulumo phakathi kweHamas le-Israel, ezenza kwamiswa impi okweviki njalo kwakhululwa abantu abedlula ikhulu ababethunjiwe.
Sekube lokukhulumisana phakathi kwamacele omabili ngokumiswa kwempi okwesikhatshana kodwa akukabi lesivumelwano.
Umongameli we-Israeli uMnu. Isaac Herzog utshele umhlangano wabameli bamazwe atshiyeneyo ngoLwesibili ukuthi i-Israel izimisele ukumisa impi okwesikhatshana ukuze kukhululwe abathunjiweyo.
Welekelele esithi i-Israel ayilwi lamaPhalestina kodwa ilwa leHamas.
Ikhansili yezomvikela eye United Nations Security Council ikhangelelwe ukuvota kusinqumo sokumiswa kwempi okwesikhatshana ukuze kuphathiswe uzulu weGaza ngokudla amanzi lemithi.
I-Israel yathi izabhidliza iHamas ekhokhela eGaza, ngemva kokuba ihlasele lelilizwe mhlaka 7 Mfumfu lonyaka. I-Israel ithi abantu abedlula inkulungwane (1,200) babulawa yiHamas, yathumba abanye abangamakhulu amabili lamatshumi amane (240). Abantu abedlula ikhulu balokhu bethunjiwe beseGaza.
Uhlangothi lwezempilakahle olukhokhelwa yiHamas luthi I-Israeli yona kulimpi isibulale abantu abafika phose inkulungwane ezingamatshumi amabili (19,600) eGaza.
I-Israel ithi kulamasotsha ayo edlula ikhulu, 132 asefele kulimpi.