4/30/2024 0 Comments Roadblocks war gameAnd Daniel, I'll just note - there are Muslims around the world who are noting this holiday while the war goes on. INSKEEP: Let's go over to Daniel Estrin who is in Israel. So these are very complex talks and they are being mediated by Egypt and Qatar. You know, Israel says it will only agree to a six-week pause to free hostages. And Israel hasn't agreed to that, either. hasn't guaranteed a permanent end to the war. And they're not going to, you know, relinquish that demand just because Ramadan started. They want to see with their release an end to the war. But Hamas is holding these hostages as a tool of pressure. During that pause, like you said, Israeli hostages would be released, a number of Palestinian prisoners would be released, more aid enters into Gaza. wants is to introduce a six-week humanitarian pause in the fighting that could be extended with more talks. You know, this cease-fire is really seen as the first building block of what could come next, you know, ending the war - post-war Gaza. So what makes this hard?īATRAWY: This is about the long term. They stop shooting for a while, Israel releases some prisoners, Hamas releases some hostages. INSKEEP: Aya, the terms of a cease-fire in Gaza would seem obvious from the outside. And he says, at this point, you know, death is more merciful than this bitter life that they're living. He says, I don't know what this Ramadan is going to bring. They need everything, and he cannot afford any of it. Let's have a listen to what he says.ĪLAA MATAR: (Non-English language spoken).īATRAWY: So he says, like, he has kids. And that is where NPR spoke to Alaa Matar, a 34-year-old father in Gaza City. There's very little aid reaching people there. And this is an area cut off by Israeli checkpoints. says people there are facing the risk of famine. And in the north of Gaza, the situation is even worse because the U.N. There is no safe place in Gaza for civilians as Hamas also continues to fight in these densely populated areas. They don't have clean running water, electricity, even washrooms, and people are still facing airstrikes. You have around 2 million people or more displaced, living in tents. And it's nothing like that for people in Gaza right now. They have these large dinners, these large feasts in the evening, they pray all night. Welcome to you both.īATRAWY: I mean, this is Ramadan, right? It's a time where people fast, families come together. NPR's Aya Batrawy is in Dubai and has been following events in Gaza. So let's get an update from our correspondents in the region. Around the world, the Muslim holy month of Ramadan is beginning, and the fighting in Gaza goes on without a cease-fire that the United States and many others had hoped for by now.
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