World Courant
BEIRUT
Hamas mentioned on Sunday that they’re dedicated to the cease-fire proposal introduced by US President Joe Biden on July 2, saying the brand new provide offered in Cairo doesn’t meet the circumstances.
A senior Hamas official, who wished to stay nameless, instructed Anadolu that mediator international locations Egypt and Qatar conveyed a brand new cease-fire proposal to the Hamas delegation in Cairo.
The official confirmed that Hamas stays dedicated to the cease-fire proposal introduced by Biden on July 2 and endorsed by the UN Safety Council.
“Hamas reaffirms its readiness to implement the agreed-upon phrases from July 2 to attain our individuals’s highest pursuits and halt the aggression in opposition to them,” he mentioned.
The official careworn that any settlement should embody a everlasting cease-fire and Israel’s full withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, including that the proposal just lately offered in Cairo didn’t meet these circumstances.
It could “perpetuate the Israeli occupation,” the official mentioned.
The brand new proposal, which incorporates Israel’s calls for, would grant Israel management over the 14-kilometer (8.7-mile) Philadelphi Hall alongside the Egypt-Gaza border and permit the continued presence of Israeli navy forces in Gaza. After informing the mediator international locations that Hamas wouldn’t settle for these phrases, the delegation left Cairo, the official added.
Israel’s negotiation group additionally departs Cairo
Israeli media reported that its nation’s delegation in Cairo for negotiations left to return to Israel.
The Israeli delegation in Cairo for cease-fire and prisoner change negotiations has returned to Israel, mentioned Israeli state tv KAN.
The report included an announcement from unnamed Israeli officers saying: “The possibilities of progress in at this time’s cease-fire talks in Gaza had been slim.”
“The delegation’s mandate doesn’t permit for an settlement on the Philadelphi Hall,” the officers mentioned.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is being criticized for not reaching a prisoner change cope with Hamas because of political causes.
The humanitarian disaster in Gaza continues to worsen, with over 40,000 casualties, largely ladies and kids, reported over greater than 10 months of Israeli assaults.
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