Reporter |Anjing.December 25 is the traditional Western holiday of Christmas, and Jesus was born in Bethlehem, West Bank, Palestine. But on Christmas Eve and Christmas, Israel did not stop its attacks on the Palestinian Gaza Strip and the West Bank.
The Gaza Strip has been hit by one of the deadliest air strikes since the current round of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, with the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank being raided by Israeli forces. Due to the ongoing fighting, Bethlehem authorities have canceled this year's Christmas celebrations.
As the Israeli-Palestinian conflict continues, Egypt has proposed a peace agreement to the parties. The three-phase agreement is the most comprehensive ceasefire agreement to date. But the agreement does not provide for the elimination of Hamas, as Israel would like, nor does it propose Israeli control of the Gaza Strip.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a message in the United States on Christmas Day, specifying three prerequisites for ending the fighting.
According to Al Jazeera, the Palestinian Ministry of Health counted that Israel carried out heavy air strikes on the Maighazi refugee camp and Buraiji refugee camp in central Gaza and the southern city of Khan Younis from Christmas Eve to the early hours of Christmas. More than 100 people were killed in the airstrike, making it one of the deadliest in the Gaza Strip. Ashraf al-Qudra, a spokesman for the Palestinian Ministry of Health, warned that the death toll in the Magazi refugee camp would continue, condemning Israel for launching a "big campaign" against Palestinian civilians
In southern Gaza, Hamas-controlled ** also clashed with civilians scrambling for relief supplies, killing a 13-year-old boy. The incident sparked a rare case among the local population, accusing Hamas of being a boy**. 
Jenin refugee camp. **x In the West Bank, the Israeli army launched raids on the Jenin refugee camp, Nablus, Jericho and many other places. Dozens of people were arrested, including a 17-year-old boy who was shot in the neck.
In previous years, during Christmas, Bethlehem receives visitors from all over the world. In order to mourn the victims of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, all Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem this year have been cancelled.
Bethlehem was occupied by Israel in the Third Middle East War and returned to the Palestinian National Authority in 1995. In 2002, Israeli forces clashed with Palestinian forces in Bethlehem, and Israeli forces subsequently took control of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem. Currently, Bethlehem is surrounded by Jewish settlements.
Regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which lasted for nearly three months, Munther Isaac, a local pastor in Bethlehem, said that if Jesus was born now, it could only be born under the rubble of Gaza. Pope Francis also called for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip in his Christmas address, urging much-needed humanitarian relief for civilians. The death toll in the Gaza Strip has exceeded 20,000, or 1 per cent of Gaza's population, most of them women and children.
Egypt has submitted a peace deal to Israel, Hamas, the United States and European countries, Egypt revealed on Monday. The agreement, which not only deals with a ceasefire, but also sets out a plan for how the Gaza Strip will be managed in the future, making it the most comprehensive ceasefire agreement in Gaza to date. The agreement is divided into three phases. The first phase is a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas for about 10 days, in which Hamas will release all civilian hostages in exchange for Israel's release of 140 Palestinian prisoners. During this phase, Israel will withdraw its troops from residential areas in Gaza and allow locals to move freely in Gaza. Israel also needs to allow more humanitarian aid into Gaza.
In the second and third phases, Egypt and Qatar will work with all Palestinian political groups, including Hamas and the Palestinian National Authority, to create a group of professionals**. This will take charge of Gaza and the West Bank during the transitional period, while Palestinian political groups will prepare for the transitional period and parliamentary elections.
At the same time, Hamas will discuss a comprehensive agreement with Israel. Hamas will release all hostages in exchange for Israel's release of all Palestinian prisoners;Hamas will cease its rocket attacks on Israel, and Israel will withdraw its troops from Gaza.
Within Israel, the biggest pressure on Israel** is the hostage issue. Hamas has released 108 hostages since November, and there are now 129 hostages in the Gaza Strip. Of the 129 hostages, 22 are dead.
In the middle of this month, Israeli soldiers opened fire on three released hostages, killing all three, sparking an uproar in Israel. Events broke out in Tel Aviv, blocking the main road and demanding that Israel immediately rescue all hostages.
The Egyptian proposal, while resolving the hostage issue, did not call for the elimination of Hamas, as Israel had hoped, and proposed that Hamas and the Palestinian National Authority share control of Gaza. Both of these are red lines that Israel firmly rejects. Israel has repeatedly made it clear that one of the objectives of the military operation in Gaza is to eliminate Hamas.
On Wall Street**On Christmas Day, Wall Street published Netanyahu's article entitled "Three Prerequisites for Peace." Netanyahu noted that the first condition for a complete ceasefire in Gaza is that Hamas "must be destroyed." The second condition is that the Gaza Strip must be demilitarized and that Israel must ensure that Gaza is no longer used as a springboard for attacks on Israel. It also means establishing a security zone in Gaza and setting up a checkpoint mechanism on Gaza's border with Egypt to prevent ** from being brought into Gaza.
Netanyahu argues that the demilitarization of the Gaza cannot be achieved by leaving the Palestinian National Authority in charge. "For the foreseeable future, Israel will retain control of security responsibilities in Gaza," he wrote. But the United States opposes Israel's reoccupation of Gaza and calls for the Palestinian National Authority to take over.
The third condition is the deradicalization of the Gaza Strip. Netanyahu said Palestinian society needs to change to get people to support the fight against terrorism rather than financing it. He argues that the deradicalization of Germany and Japan after World War II proves that deradicalization can be successful.
However, the deradicalization proposed by Netanyahu is also the most difficult condition to achieve. Israel's indiscriminate attacks in Gaza have provided ammunition to terrorist groups such as al-Qaeda and the Islamic State of Iraq (ISIS), both groups have called on supporters to ramp up attacks on Israel and its allies.
During the Christmas season, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and other European countries strengthened their vigilance and increased security in the most dense areas. Johansson, the European Commission's commissioner in charge of internal affairs, previously warned that due to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and the polarization of the people's positions in various countries caused by the conflict, EU countries will face huge security risks during the Christmas period.