The head of the political bureau of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, claimed on Friday that Hamas won this round with Israel, indicating that Jerusalem is the focus of the conflict with Israel.

From the Qatari capital, Doha, he called Haniyeh called for a unified Palestinian position to confront Israel, adding: “We need to strengthen relations with the international community, and we will work to reconstruct Gaza with the efforts of the good among the Arabs.”

Haniyeh added: “We will work for the reconstruction of Gaza and will not abandon the families of the victims.

He thanked Egypt, which “accompanied the battle day by day and exercised its role in order to curb the Israeli attack,” as he put it.

The Egyptian mediation played a pivotal role in the success of the arrival. For the ceasefire in Israel and Gaza, as Egypt pushed with all force its political weight for the success of its mediation between Israel and the Palestinians, and these efforts culminated in the entry into force of the ceasefire at dawn on Friday.

The ceasefire was implemented after 11 A day of military escalation, the most violent between the two sides since 2014, which caused a large number of deaths, most of them Palestinians, and destroyed the infrastructure of the Gaza Strip Which will require hundreds of millions of dollars for reconstruction.

For his part, the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, urged the US administration to “take serious measures to stop the violations of Israel.”

The Palestinian presidency welcomed the calm in Gaza and commended the efforts of Arab and Western countries to achieve it.

Earlier, Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh welcomed the success of the international efforts that had been made over the past days, “which were led by the Arab Republic of Egypt.” Sisterhood to stop the Israeli aggression against our people in the Gaza Strip, who were subjected to killings, intimidation and genocide throughout the eleven days of the horrific war, during which more than 20 entire families were wiped out, dozens of children, women, and elderly people were killed, and hundreds were injured due to the massive destruction that occurred. He joined the facilities, buildings, buildings and residential towers, and dozens of homes were demolished on top of their inhabitants, and all components of life in the crisis-ridden Gaza Strip were destroyed by the unjust siege imposed on it for more than fifteen years, “as he put it.

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