CAIRO - Hamas cannot agree to any deal unless Israel makes a 'clear' commitment to a permanent ceasefire and a complete withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, a senior official from the Palestinian militant group said on June 4. Qatar, which alongside the US and Egypt has been mediating talks between Hamas and Israel, has also urged Israel to provide a...
Smoke and flames rising from an Israeli air strike in the central Gaza Strip, on June 3, 2024.CAIRO - Hamas cannot agree to any deal unless Israel makes a "clear" commitment to a permanent ceasefire and a complete withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, a senior official from the Palestinian militant group said on June 4.
"We cannot agree to an agreement that doesn't secure, guarantee, and ensure a permanent ceasefire, a complete withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and completing a real serious swap deal accordingly," Mr Osama Hamdan, a Hamas official, told a televised press conference. Under that plan, Hamas and Israel would negotiate in the same phase a permanent ceasefire that Mr Biden said would last "as long as Hamas lives up to its commitments."
Mr Hamdan said: "Israel only wants one phase where it takes all its hostages, then it resumes its aggression and war on our people."
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