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Edelstein: There were ceasefire talks, but Islamic Jihad wanted to dictate terms
Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Chairman Yuli Edelstein arrives for a committee hearing, March 16, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Yuli Edelstein, the chair of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, says Israel could not accept the terms of a ceasefire that Egypt was attempting to broker yesterday.
“There were contacts through the mediators, there was a feeling of [approaching] a ceasefire, but then the Islamic Jihad decided it could dictate the terms of a ceasefire,” Edelstein tells Kan’s Reshet Bet radio. “Of course the State of Israel could not accept those conditions.”
Edelstein adds that if Israel does not conduct a widespread operation, it should not be surprised when terror organizations in Gaza gain strength between rounds of fighting.
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