RAMALLAH,
August 6, 2014 (WAFA) – The Palestinian Arabic dailies highlighted in their
Wednesday issue the continuing ceasefire in Gaza, amid expectations that Israel
would meet four Palestinian demands for a fixed and long-term ceasefire.
Following
are the main headlines:
Al-Ayyam:
-[People of] Gaza
inspect the debris of destroyed homes and recover the bodies of ‘martyrs.’
-Initial statistics
of the [Israeli] aggression [on Gaza]: 1881 martyrs, including 430 children,
243 women and 70 elderly.
-Israel withdraws its
troops from Gaza as ceasefire continues.
-Israeli estimates:
some attack tunnels still exist in Gaza.
-An Israeli
delegation leaves Cairo after discussing a ceasefire agreement.
-Washington will ‘likely’
take part in Cairo negotiations.
-[Israeli daily] Yediot:
Israel may accept some of the Palestinian demands.
-[Foreign Minister
Riyad] al-Maliki meets International Criminal Court (ICC’s) prosecutor: we will
prosecute and adjudicate those [Israelis] responsible for war crimes.
-[Hamas leader]
Haniya: what the ‘enemy’ did not [succeed] to achieve during the war, will not
achieve through politics.
Al-Hayat
al-Jadida:
-Sources: Israel
approves four demands of joint Palestinian paper.
-President [Mahmoud
Abbas] receives phone calls from [UK’s Foreign Minister] Hammond and [Turkish
Foreign Minister] Davutoğlu, and welcomes the ceasefire agreement [between
Israel and Gaza].
-[Foreign Minister]
al-Maliki confirms, from the Hague, that there was ‘clear evidence’ that Israel
has committed war crimes
-A UK Foreign Office
minister resigns in protest of London’s policy towards Gaza.
-[former Cuban
President Fidel] Castro: Israel practices a new form of ‘Fascism.’
-Confrontations [take
place] at al-Aqsa Mosque during a visit by [Israel’s] Minister of Settlement to
the mosque.
-Spain freezes arms
exports to Israel.
-An [Israeli] guard
was stabbed at the entrance of Maale Adumim settlement.
-Council of Ministers
forms a committee to follow up with the efforts to rebuild Gaza.
Al-Quds:
-President [Abbas] welcomes the ceasefire
and calls for continuing to honor it … ceasefire is holding on … [Israeli] army
withdraws its troops from Gaza.
-Confrontations [take
place] in Aida and Faraa refugee camps, while settlers assault a worker in
Jerusalem.
-[Prime Minister]
Hamdallah: we are intensifying works with international organizations to
continue providing support to Gaza.
-1881 have been ‘martyred,’
9570 wounded, dozens of thousands of homes, mosques and schools have been
destroyed [during Israeli offensive on Gaza].
-[Israeli] soldiers
at Nahal Oz [military outpost] were surprised to discover Qassam [Brigades fighters]
before their very eyes.
-A UK Foreign Office
minister resigns in protest of London’s policy towards the war on Gaza.
M.N./T.R.
