There is much fear in Gaza now
Do not believe in long-term truce
Earlier Tuesday Israel dropped leaflets over northern residential areas in the Gaza Strip. These people are encouraged to get into the city center. As a result, Mikkelsen seen several who have fled with donkeys and that one has of assets.
- Will there be ground invasion is the areas that are hardest hit.
Mikkelsen believes flyers can either be seen as preparation for a ground invasion. Alternatively, as part of a political game, where confusion is central. Whatever he does not believe that any ceasefire would entail some form of sustained peace in the area.
- There is no peace, and as long as there is no political horizon, I do not think necessarily it will last very long.
- No one is reassured here
NRK foreign worker Sidsel Wold is in Tel Aviv. She said that the Israeli authorities have not confirmed the ceasefire Israeli media writes about, with Hamas as the source.
At a press conference earlier in the day said UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon that they wanted a long lasting solution to the conflict.
- But all Israelis say that if the fighting stops now, so there is no solution. This is because all Israelis know that Hamas can reach them long-range missiles, and even Tel Aviv and Jerusalem are threatened. No one is reassured here, says Wold.
- We see that the Israelis' real negotiating partner on the Palestinian side, namely the government in Ramallah, is completely out of bounds. But Hamas, with its missiles and its strength, has put itself in a position where Netanyahu will have to take them seriously.
Wold think it will be difficult for Benjamin Netanyahu to meet the demands of Hamas.
- There are not very many who believe there will be a ceasefire. Hamas demands that blockade ceases and they require to regain his sea. For a man like Netanyahu, who hates Hamas, then it is very large claims, says Wold.
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