Western Allies Warn Israel Over Gaza Offensive as Fragile Talks Resume in Doha

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Western Allies Warn Israel Over Gaza Offensive as Fragile Talks Resume in Doha

 

Israel has launched a new and intense ground offensive in Gaza just as former U.S. President Donald Trump left the region without securing a ceasefire or hostage agreement. The Israeli military announced it had moved into both northern and southern Gaza as part of “Gideon’s Chariots,” a campaign Israel had previously warned would proceed if Hamas refused to accept a hostage deal on Israeli terms.

 

This military push follows days of relentless airstrikes that, according to Gaza health officials, have decimated families across the enclave. Under increasing pressure from international allies, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed to allow a limited amount of food into Gaza. On Monday, five aid trucks entered the area, approved by the Israeli agency overseeing humanitarian shipments. But UN aid chief Tom Fletcher dismissed the gesture as insufficient, calling it “limited” and a mere “drop in the ocean of what is urgently needed.”

 

In response to the escalating violence, the United Kingdom, France, and Canada issued a stark warning to Israel on Monday. The three nations said they are prepared to implement “concrete actions,” including targeted sanctions, unless Israel halts its renewed military campaign and ensures unrestricted aid flows into Gaza.

 

As the conflict intensifies, indirect negotiations between Hamas and Israel resumed over the weekend in Doha, Qatar. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz claimed the offensive was the pressure point that compelled Hamas back to the negotiating table. However, analysts suggest it was more likely Trump’s Middle East visit that encouraged Hamas to reengage in talks.

 

Taher Al-Nunu, a senior Hamas official, confirmed on Saturday that “negotiations without preconditions” had begun in Doha, according to statements broadcast on Hamas-run Al Aqsa TV. Yet, despite the resumption of dialogue, progress appears murky. On Sunday, Israel indicated a potential willingness to end the war if Hamas agrees to surrender—an outcome many believe Hamas will never accept, especially while Israel maintains its demand for the group to disarm.

 

Adding to the confusion, Hamas has sent mixed signals regarding the negotiations. On Sunday, one senior Hamas figure told CNN that the group had agreed to release between seven and nine Israeli hostages in exchange for a 60-day ceasefire and the release of 300 Palestinian prisoners. But just hours later, senior Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri contradicted that account. In a statement posted on Al-Aqsa TV’s Telegram channel, he declared, “There is no truth to the rumors regarding the movement’s agreement to release nine Israeli prisoners in exchange for a two-month ceasefire.”

 

Zuhri elaborated on Hamas’ stance, saying, “We are ready to release the prisoners all at once, provided the occupation commits to a cessation of hostilities under international guarantees, and we will not hand over the occupation’s prisoners as long as it insists on continuing its aggression against Gaza indefinitely.”

 

With international pressure mounting, the situation remains fluid, and the prospects for a sustainable ceasefire are as uncertain as ever.

 

  Adapted by ASEAN Now from CNN  2025-05-20

 

 

[stevenl]

Nothing will come of 'concrete sanctions' until gaza has been emptied. Next goal is the erst bank .

[scorecard]

9 minutes ago, stevenl said:

Nothing will come of 'concrete sanctions' until gaza has been emptied. Next goal is the erst bank .

What do you mean 'gaza has been emptied'?

[Yagoda]

Trump will tell Benny what to do when appropriate.

[scorecard]

58 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

Trump will tell Benny what to do when appropriate.

Is Benny Benjamin Netanyahu?

[unblocktheplanet]

I sure hope Bibi is fasting on the same rations. See how he likes his own medicine. Starving people is a war crime.

[Bkk Brian]

4 minutes ago, unblocktheplanet said:

I sure hope Bibi is fasting on the same rations. See how he likes his own medicine. Starving people is a war crime.

Why is flour 25kg around $400 per bag now in Gaza when it should be free? Is it something to do with the well known fact that Hamas steals the aid and then sells it at huge profit?

[bannork]

The British government says it is suspending free trade negotiations with Israel and has levelled new sanctions targeting West Bank settlements as it criticizes Israel's military actions in Gaza.

Foreign Secretary Lammy said the persistent cycle of violence by extremist Israeli settlers in the West Bank demanded action.

“The Israeli government has a responsibility to intervene and halt these aggressive actions,” Lammy said. “Their consistent failure to act is putting Palestinian communities and the two-state solution in peril.”

U.K. suspends free trade talks with Israel and announces sanctions over West Bank settlers

 

[Nick Carter icp]

3 hours ago, unblocktheplanet said:

I sure hope Bibi is fasting on the same rations. See how he likes his own medicine. Starving people is a war crime.

 

  As Hamas take the food, its allowed under the rules of war and it isn't a war crime 

[Bannoi]

If I lived in Gaza and it was my family that was being killed or starved by Israel if I survived for the rest of my life there would be one thing on my mind ..........vengence revenge against Israel or even any Israeli I would go to any extreme even if it cost me my life.

 

I feel sure there are many probably thousands in Gaza that feel exactly the same way.

[Nick Carter icp]

30 minutes ago, Bannoi said:

If I lived in Gaza and it was my family that was being killed or starved by Israel if I survived for the rest of my life there would be one thing on my mind ..........vengence revenge against Israel or even any Israeli I would go to any extreme even if it cost me my life.

I feel sure there are many probably thousands in Gaza that feel exactly the same way.

 

   Why wouldn't you attack Hamas ?

They are the ones who started the war , which led to the current situation 

[MicroB]

1 hour ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

   Why wouldn't you attack Hamas ?

They are the ones who started the war , which led to the current situation 

 

 

Hamas didn't originate in a vacuum. Like others, such as populist politicians elsewhere, they took advantage of a crap hand and exploited  genuine concerns, fears and well founded resentment for their own ends. Arguably, Ariel Sharon's ineptness in his unilateral  disengagement plan (in the face of both cabinet and Knesset opposition) created the power vacuum that allowed Hamas to seize control, something ironically Netanyahu warned about. Ironically, in an effort to keep himself out of prision, Bibi then made sure Hamas got the money it needed. And here we are.

 

Germans never attacked the Nazis. They more or less stuck with them to the end.

 

The founders of Hamas are a whos who of people with chips on shoulders, born in either forcibly depopulated villages (aka pogroms), or refugee camps. There is an utter cycle, exploted and exploited. A sense of injustice sustained the young Israeli state during its formative years, when it had no friends in the world. For some would be Israelis, that lead them to do great things in politics, in the arts, in science, in business. But there was for some, an instinct for heinous violence (the Stern Gang, or Lehi, murdered British soldiers).

 

Most Palestinians won't attack Hamas, like for the same reason most Palestinians won't attack Israelis. The reason being that humans aren't like that. I have never felt the urge to punch a bloke in the street, and neither have you, I suspect. In WW2, the French people, the Dutch people, the Polish people, the Czech people, never rose up en masse against the occupiers. Most got through the War living an ordinary life. Same in Iraq, and other places. The ones who pick up the guns, in any society, are always the minority.

[Bkk Brian]

2 minutes ago, MicroB said:

 

 

Hamas didn't originate in a vacuum. Like others, such as populist politicians elsewhere, they took advantage of a crap hand and exploited  genuine concerns, fears and well founded resentment for their own ends. Arguably, Ariel Sharon's ineptness in his unilateral  disengagement plan (in the face of both cabinet and Knesset opposition) created the power vacuum that allowed Hamas to seize control, something ironically Netanyahu warned about. Ironically, in an effort to keep himself out of prision, Bibi then made sure Hamas got the money it needed. And here we are.

 

Germans never attacked the Nazis. They more or less stuck with them to the end.

 

The founders of Hamas are a whos who of people with chips on shoulders, born in either forcibly depopulated villages (aka pogroms), or refugee camps. There is an utter cycle, exploted and exploited. A sense of injustice sustained the young Israeli state during its formative years, when it had no friends in the world. For some would be Israelis, that lead them to do great things in politics, in the arts, in science, in business. But there was for some, an instinct for heinous violence (the Stern Gang, or Lehi, murdered British soldiers).

 

Most Palestinians won't attack Hamas, like for the same reason most Palestinians won't attack Israelis. The reason being that humans aren't like that. I have never felt the urge to punch a bloke in the street, and neither have you, I suspect. In WW2, the French people, the Dutch people, the Polish people, the Czech people, never rose up en masse against the occupiers. Most got through the War living an ordinary life. Same in Iraq, and other places. The ones who pick up the guns, in any society, are always the minority.

That's just not true, the PA Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas has called out Hamas to leave Gaza and lay down their arms 5 times this week already. There have been ongoing protests by the Gazans against Hamas for the last few weeks with the largest of hundreds of thousands a few days ago.

[Bannoi]

2 hours ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

   Why wouldn't you attack Hamas ?

They are the ones who started the war , which led to the current situation 

Thats a different question altogether I was simply stating the lifelong hatred I would feel against Israel and Israeli’s if I lived in Gaza and my family especially if it was my children wife siblings or parents were being killed or starved.

 

As to your question I don’t think anyone would deny Israel has the the right to attack Hamas and hopefully destroy them completely.

 

What I disagree with is the way and vastly disproportionate way they are doing it, to attack and destroy Hamas is one thing to kill maim and starve innocent people and children is another thing altogether.

 

The last figures I have seen were more than 53,000 killed and 122,000 wounded mostly innocent women and children (one report recently stating more than 61,700, saying thousands of people missing under the rubble are presumed dead) 

 

There are about 2 million people in Gaza starving because of Israel's actions and them stopping all aid food and medicine from entering that must be a war crime.

 

To bomb and destroy a hospital school or apartment block with hundreds of innocent people and children in it just because there is one or even a dozen of Hamas in or below it (another war crime) is abhorrent and despicable, obviously the Israeli’s feel if they can kill one Hamas terrorist it doesn’t matter how many innocent Palestinian’s die.

 

A bigger question that must be asked and a solution found is why Hamas even exists why they attacked Israel and how can a lasting solution be found and implemented.

 

The hatred unfortunatly will take generations to disappear that does not mean a solution cannot be found for a start one thing I feel is all the Israeli settlers must be removed from the West Bank. 

 

[Bkk Brian]

5 minutes ago, Bannoi said:

Thats a different question altogether I was simply stating the lifelong hatred I would feel against Israel and Israeli’s if I lived in Gaza and my family especially if it was my children wife siblings or parents were being killed or starved.

 

As to your question I don’t think anyone would deny Israel has the the right to attack Hamas and hopefully destroy them completely.

 

What I disagree with is the way and vastly disproportionate way they are doing it to attack and destroy Hamas is one thing to kill maim and starve innocent people and children is another thing altogether.

 

The last figures I have seen were more than 53,000 killed and 122,000 wounded mostly innocent women and children (one report recently stating more than 61,700, saying thousands of people missing under the rubble are presumed dead) 

 

There are about 2 million people in Gaza starving because of Israel's actions and them stopping all aid food and medicine from entering that must be a war crime.

 

To bomb and destroy a hospital school or apartment block with hundreds of innocent people and children in it just because there is one or even a dozen of Hamas in or below it (another war crime) is abhorrent and despicable, obviously the Israeli’s feel if they can kill one Hamas terrorist it doesn’t matter how many innocent Palestinian’s die.

 

A bigger question that must be asked and a solution found is why Hamas even exists why they attacked Israel and how can a lasting solution be found and implemented.

 

The hatred unfortunatly will take generations to disappear that does not mean a solution cannot be found for a start one thing I feel is all the Israeli settlers must be removed from the West Bank. 

 

Meet Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib, he is from Gaza and now resides in the US where he works for the Atlantic Council. He had many of his family killed in Gaza by Israeli bombs. He wants Hamas out as do so many others like him.

 

Thousands of courageous anti-Hamas Gazan protesters are screaming "Hamas get out, we want to live, damned are Hamas's leaders, children have a right to live"! Will anyone listen? Will pro-Palestine activists, NGOs, politicians, journalists & online personalities take notice?!