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Gaza ceasefire agreement
A senior Hamas official has slammed Israel’s frequent violations of the Gaza ceasefire agreement, which have claimed the lives of hundreds of Palestinian civilians so far. Osama Hamdan said Israel’s truce violations have left more than four hundred Palestinians, mostly women and children, dead since the agreement entered into force. He stressed that the movement reserves the right to respond to the occupation's violations. Hamdan noted that Hamas is in contact with the mediators regarding the negotiations for the second phase of the ceasefire, but the Israeli regime is doing its best to sabotage it. He also pointed to the deployment of an international force in Gaza. Hamdan said such a force must only act as guarantor for the implementation of the ceasefire agreement, without any authority or contact with the Palestinian people in Gaza. He stressed that Palestinians uphold their internationally recognized right to resistance, especially armed resistance. The official said resistance is a purely Palestinian popular decision, not a decision of Hamas.
US-Ukraine talks
Ukraine has said it is open to dropping its NATO membership bid, as US and Ukrainian officials are to resume their second day of talks in Berlin. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has stated his willingness to forgo his country’s NATO membership in exchange for receiving security guarantees from the West. He did, however, reject US suggestions that Kyiv cede territory to Russia. The negotiations in Berlin have been held under strict secrecy with no media access, but on Sunday, US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff claimed that the talks had achieved a lot of progress. Meanwhile, Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov has said Moscow had not yet received any modified peace plan from Ukraine and Europe. He warned that if unacceptable terms concerning territorial issues were proposed, Russia would reject them.
Sydney shooting
In Australia, a muslim bystander who disarmed a gunman during Sunday’s deadly shooting in Sydney has been praised as a hero inside and outside the country. Ahmed al-Ahmed, a 43-year-old Syrian-born businessman, was filmed wrestling a gun from one of the assailants after they killed at least 16 people and injured 30 others during a Jewish festival. Ahmed himself was injured after the second gunman opened fire at him. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese praised him as a hero. As the video of al-Ahmed went viral, social media users also praised his quick thinking and heroic actions. On Monday, hundreds of people also gathered at the site of the incident to lay flowers and pay tribute to the victims.
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