A senior Hamas official, Osama Hamdan, stated at this time that no progress has been made in ceasefire talks with Israel over the six-month-old warfare within the Gaza Strip.
The Palestinian Islamist motion stays able to “face positively” any ceasefire proposal that may finish the warfare, Hamdan informed a information convention in Beirut.
Efforts by Arab international locations, with the assist of the US, to mediate between the fighters have thus far not led to a truce. Hamas insists that any deal should embody an finish to the warfare and the whole withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Palestinian enclave, whereas Israel says it is going to solely settle for momentary ceasefires till Hamas is eradicated.
Hamdan blamed the US for pressuring Hamas to simply accept Israel's phrases.
“As soon as once more, Hamas is able to reply positively to any proposal that may guarantee a everlasting ceasefire, an entire withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and a severe change settlement,” Hamdan confused, referring to a potential hostage change which can be held in Gaza with Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons.
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