China Offers to Work with Egypt: “Stop Violence”

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China is seekingto work withEgypt to help easethe Israel-Hamaswar that eruptedafter a deadlyattack by theP a l e s t i n i a nmilitant group, itsMiddle East envoyhas said as he urged a ceasefire. Zhai Jun spoke byphone on Tuesday with Egypt’s assistant ministerfor the Palestinian territories, according to areadout of the conversation published by Beijing.”China is willing to maintain communication andcoordination with Egypt, push both parties of theconflict to cease fire and stop violence as soon aspossible,” Zhai said. He also urged “the internationalcommunity to form a joint force and providehumanitarian support to the Palestinian people”.Thousands of people have been killed sinceHamas’s shock assault on Saturday, the deadlieston Israel in its 75-year history. In Israel, the deathtoll rose on Wednesday to 1,200 people, most ofthem civilians. Meanwhile in Gaza, officials havereported more than 900 people killed as Israelpounded the territory with air strikes. Since theassault, Egypt has intensified its push for diplomatic
efforts to de-escalate the spiralling violence.It has, alongside Israel, jointly blockaded theGaza Strip since 2007. China has meanwhilepositioned itself in recent months as a mediator inthe Middle East, brokering a restoration of ties inMarch between Saudi Arabia and key Hamas backerIran. Zhai added that the “fundamental solutionlies in the implementation of a ‘two-state solution'”,calling on key players in the conflict to “makepractical efforts” towards this end “with thegreatest sense of urgency”.Fire at Spain Building:4 Killed, 8 InjuredMadrid, Spain: Four minors have died in afire in Vigo, a coastal city in northwestern Spain,emergency services said on Wednesday. “Fourpeople have died, all of them minors, and eightinjured have been taken to various hospitals”, theregional emergency service said on X (formerlyTwitter).The ages of the victims were not immediatelyavailable. The fire started around 4:00 am (0200GMT) on the ground floor of a building, accordingto local press reports. Firefighters extinguished the
flames three hours later.A team of psychologists was on the sceneassisting relatives of the victims, the emergency services said. Vigo is a city of nearly 300,000 peoplethat lies on the Atlantic coast in Spain’s Galiciaregion, less than 30 kilometres (19 miles) northfrom the border with Portugal

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