Hamas rules out interim truce without Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza
A senior official of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas says any ceasefire deal with Israel must be permanent and force the regime out of Gaza, where it has killed at least 37,000 people since the start of an aggression more than eight months ago.
Ghazi Hamad, a senior member of Hamas politburo, said on Sunday that the group has yet to see a clear stance from the Israeli regime on a ceasefire in Gaza, adding that the resistance will resume indirect negotiations with the regime if its basic demands are met.
“We have declared to the mediators that we will return to negotiations if the issues of a permanent ceasefire and the full withdrawal of the occupiers from the Gaza Strip are considered,” Hamad told the New Arab website.
US President Joe Biden announced earlier this month that his administration and Israel had developed a ceasefire proposal for Gaza which he claimed would be favorable to the Palestinians and Hamas.
However, officials within the Palestinian resistance say they have not received concrete proposals that could lead to a sustainable ceasefire agreement with the Israeli regime.
They say Israel has continued to escalate its attacks on Gaza to put more pressure on Hamas to accept the truce deal.
The Israelis launched a massive attack on the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza on Saturday, killing more than 270 people and injuring hundreds more.
Hamad said that Washington may be interested in working out a ceasefire in Gaza because the war on the Palestinian territory has posed great risks to its interests in the region.
However, he said that the Israeli cabinet led by prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not interested in stopping the war at all.
“They see they have achieved nothing after eight months of war,” he said.
Israel preparing to stay in southern Lebanon after ceasefire: Report
Far-right Israeli minister Ben-Gvir again storms al-Aqsa Mosque
Israeli pressure on Hamas ‘hardly helped’; swap deal necessary: Ex-Mossad chief
Houthi: Yemen’s hypersonic missiles have surprised enemy
Israel makes deepened incursion into Lebanon despite truce
IRGC intelligence forces capture agent linked to foreign espionage service
VIDEO | Palestinians in Yarmouk Camp cling to hope and determination
Israel preparing to stay in southern Lebanon after ceasefire: Report
Israeli pressure on Hamas ‘hardly helped’; swap deal necessary: Ex-Mossad chief
Far-right Israeli minister Ben-Gvir again storms al-Aqsa Mosque
Iran: Israel’s attack on journalists’ vehicle in Gaza amounts to ‘war crime’
PressTV NEWSLETTER
now
This makes it easy to access the Press TV website
