Hamas says to continue battle against Israel until full independence

Hamas will keep up the battle against Israel until the achievement of complete independence, says a member of the political bureau of the Palestinian resistance movement.

In a press statement on Monday, Husam Badran said Hamas is exercising resistance while undertaking political and negotiating work to reach a clear and specific goal related to the needs of the Palestinian people in general and the Gazans in particular.

Badran said the position of the Hamas negotiating delegation is firm given the steadfastness of the Palestinian people and their resistance on the ground.

The Hamas official said an end to Israel’s hostilities in the Gaza Strip, the delivery of humanitarian aid and the return of the displaced are the priorities of the resistance movement.

The official said Hamas’ proposal is based on a clear reconstruction plan and is not limited to the release of prisoners as promoted by the occupying forces.

Badran said continued international pressure on Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu has put him in a weak position.

Netanyahu, the regime’s prime minister, does not want to reach any agreement and is deceiving the Israelis and the families of the captives to cover up his political and security failure, the Hamas official said.

Hamas: Israel thwarted all mediation efforts for Gaza ceasefire

Senior Hamas officials say the Israeli regime refuses to give guarantees regarding a ceasefire in Gaza.

Badran said the regime’s intransigence in giving guarantees for the protection of civilians in Gaza remains the biggest issue in negotiations.

The Hamas official also questioned Washington’s mediatory role in the negotiations. Badran said the US cannot be considered a mediator but an essential political and military partner to the Israeli regime.

The US administration is a primary reason any agreement could run into the ground, the Hamas official said.

Amid a new round of truce talks, involving Egyptian, Qatari and US mediators, in the Qatari capital Doha, Osama Hamdan, a Lebanon-based Hamas official, said on March 20 that the resistance group showed “flexibility” in formulating its latest proposal for a ceasefire, but Israel provided a “negative” response.

Israel ignited its bloody war machine in the Gaza Strip on October 7 after Hamas carried out a historic operation against the usurping entity in retaliation for its intensified atrocities against the Palestinian people.

Nearly six months into the hostilities, the regime has failed to achieve its objectives of “destroying Hamas” and finding Israeli captives despite killing over 32,300 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injuring nearly 74,700 others.

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