The statement stated: “The movement’s delegation delivered the movement’s response to the mediators in Egypt and Qatar, where in-depth and serious discussions took place with them.”
He continued: “The movement affirms its positive and responsible approach, and its keenness and determination to reach an agreement that meets the national demands of our people, ends the aggression completely, achieves withdrawal from the entire Gaza Strip, the return of the displaced, intensification of relief, the start of reconstruction, and the completion of the prisoner exchange deal.”
Earlier, an Israeli official said on Saturday that the Hamas movement “obstructs the possibility of reaching a truce agreement” in Gaza by insisting on stopping the war in the Strip.
The official considered that “the information indicating that Israel agreed to put an end to the war, within the framework of an agreement to exchange prisoners, or that Israel will allow mediators to ensure that the war stops, is inaccurate. Until now, Hamas has not abandoned its demand to put an end to the war, and in doing so it is obstructing the possibility of reaching a solution.” “An agreement” on a proposal for calm, about seven months after the outbreak of war in the Gaza Strip.
For his part, an official in the Palestinian Hamas movement told Agence France-Presse that the talks that took place on Saturday in Cairo with the mediators (Egypt, Qatar and the United States) did not witness “any developments.”
Media reported that Washington had provided guarantees to Hamas that Israel would agree to a ceasefire once a truce agreement was reached.
For months, the mediators have been conducting indirect negotiations between Hamas and Israel to reach a truce in the Gaza Strip, which has witnessed bloody raids and battles for about 7 months.
This truce is supposed to include, in particular, a cessation of fighting and the release of Palestinian prisoners in exchange for hostages kidnapped during the unprecedented attack carried out by the Palestinian movement from the Gaza Strip on southern Israel on October 7, which led to the outbreak of war.
In a related development, thousands of people, including relatives of hostages, demonstrated on Saturday evening in Tel Aviv to demand that the Netanyahu government conclude a truce agreement that would allow the return of the hostages.
A sign bearing a picture of Netanyahu read: “You are the one who undermines any agreement.”
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