From the Liveblog of
Thursday, April 4, 2019
Organizers: Gaza border protests will be nonviolent amid emerging truce with Israel
Organizers of the ongoing protests along the Gaza border say the armed factions in the Palestinian enclave have called for tomorrow’s demonstrations to be nonviolent, as part of an emerging ceasefire deal with Israel.
A top “March of Return” organizer tells the Kan public broadcaster that protesters have been instructed not to launch arson balloons towards Israel during and the nighttime “confusion units” have been called off.
He says the Egyptian-mediated talks between Israel and Gaza’s Hamas rulers are progressing, and that a ceasefire agreement is being negotiated between the sides.
According to the organizer, Gaza factions committed to a nonviolent protest tomorrow, and Israel has agreed not to use live fire to disperse the border demonstrations.
The Times of Israel Community.