HIBAPRESS – Follow-up
Norwegian media reported on Friday that Israel refused entry to Jonas Gahr Støre, the Norwegian Prime Minister, to hold talks for political reasons.
The newspaper Dagens Næringsliv quoted its sources as saying that Støre tried to visit Israel after the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip, but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected the visit for political reasons, which prevented Støre from entering the country last month. It is worth mentioning that the first phase of the ceasefire agreement in Gaza came into effect on October 10th, after indirect negotiations between Hamas and Israel hosted by Sharm el-Sheikh, mediated by Egypt, Qatar, the United States and Turkey, within a proposal by the American President Donald Trump. According to the agreement, Hamas released 20 Israeli detainees and handed over some bodies, while Israel released about 2,000 Palestinian detainees.
