Osama Hamdan, a senior Lebanon-based Hamas official, said on Saturday that the Palestinian faction was still able to discuss any ceasefire proposal that ends the nearly nine-month war.
“Once again, Hamas is ready to deal positively with any proposal that ensures a permanent ceasefire, a comprehensive withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and a major swap agreement,” Hamdan told a news conference in Beirut.
Efforts by US-backed Arab mediators have so far failed to lead to a ceasefire and both sides are blaming each option for the standoff. Hamas says any resolution would have to end the conflict once and for all and ensure Israel’s complete withdrawal from Gaza. Israel says it will take a short pause in the fighting until Hamas, which has controlled Gaza since 2007, is “eliminated.”
Hamdan also blamed the US for using force to force Hamas to accept Israel’s position.
Organizers of the anti-government protests in Tel Aviv estimated that 130,000 Israelis gathered in the city on Saturday evening in an apparent ceasefire offer to secure the detainee’s home.
At a news conference held outside the Defense Ministry, individuals captured in Gaza made statements to the community.
“Don’t let Netanyahu scuttle the deal again. Netanyahu’s insistence on prolonging the war is between us and our loved ones,” said an unidentified relative.
“Continuing the war means killing hostages at the hands of the Israeli government. People understand that Netanyahu is prolonging the war for personal reasons – reaching an agreement would lead to early elections and end his rule.
On Saturday, the Associated Press news agency quoted an unnamed “senior Biden administration official” as saying that the US has provided new language to mediators Egypt and Qatar, aimed at restarting stalled Israel-Hamas talks.
Mul said the revised text focuses on negotiations that are to begin during the first phase of a three-phase deal between Israel and Hamas that US President Joe Biden introduced nearly a year ago.
The first part calls for a “complete and complete ceasefire”, in exchange for the withdrawal of Israeli forces from all densely populated areas of Gaza, and the release of many detainees, including women, civilians and the wounded. Crowd of Palestinian prisoners.
The proposal called for the parties to exchange terms for phase two during the 42 days of phase one. Under the flow proposal, Hamas could remove all excess men, both civilians and conscripts. In return, Israel could free an agreed choice of Palestinian prisoners and detainees. The release will not occur until a “permanent peace” is in place and all Israeli troops withdraw from Gaza.
The brand new proposed language, which was not part of the original, aims to find a solution to the differences between Israel and Hamas regarding the parameters of the negotiations between Part One and Part Two.
Mul said Hamas wants talks focused on the number and identity of Palestinian prisoners to be released from Israeli prisons in exchange for additional Israeli troops and male detainees held in Gaza. Israel needs to broaden negotiations and demilitarize the territory managed by Hamas.
Hamdan said the gangs had not yet received a new ceasefire proposal from mediators. Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh spoke via telephone with the head of Egypt’s understanding carrier to talk about the talks, Hamas noted in a statement.
Talks of a ceasefire come as pressure grows on regional and global leaders to stop the Gaza conflict as fears grow of it spilling over into Lebanon. Officials from both Hamas’s best friend Hezbollah and Israel have threatened to escalate tensions over the age issue.
Analysts have said that a full-scale conflict in northern Israel and southern Lebanon could be catastrophic for the Middle East. Seven countries have called on their citizens to leave Lebanon immediately, the latest being Saudi Arabia, which recommended its voters “immediately leave Lebanese territory”.
Israel’s Defense Minister Yoav Galant took the opportunity to threaten that Lebanon would be bombed “back to the Stone Age” if a main war broke out. Iran, Hezbollah’s primary best friend, warned Israel of a “catastrophic war” if it attacked Lebanon.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi on Saturday highlighted the possibility of an “unprecedented” conflict within the pocket, and called for urgent world intervention to ban “the seriously escalating conflict.”
This post was published on 06/29/2024 2:04 pm
Pro Football Hall of Famer Terrell Davis He has accused United Airlines of a "disgusting…
transparency market analysisThe adoption of regenerative dentistry ideas into preventive care methods revolutionizes the traditional…
The USA Basketball showcase continues this week with its second and final game in Abu…
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) is recently down -0.89%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index…
Emmy season is back, and Tony Hale ("Veep") and Sheryl Lee Ralph ("Abbott Elementary"), along…
Dublin, July 17, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The file "e-Prescription Systems - Global Strategic Business…