A senior Palestinian Hamas official stated Saturday in Beirut that negotiations for an settlement with Israel on a Gaza ceasefire and hostage launch deal had not made any progress.
A plan introduced final month by US President Joe Biden, which he stated was proposed by Israel, included a six-week truce accompanied by an Israeli withdrawal from densely populated areas and the discharge of some hostages in trade for Palestinian prisoners held in Israel.
According to US news website Axios, “three sources with direct knowledge” stated Washington had introduced a “new language for parts of” the proposed deal.
On Saturday, Osama Hamdan, a Hamas official primarily based in Lebanon, confirmed that the resistance motion had acquired the newest proposal on June 24, however that it included “nothing new”.
“We can say that there is no real progress in the negotiations to stop the (Israeli) aggression so far”, he stated at a press convention.
The plan introduced by Biden has thus far didn’t lead to a deal, with either side sticking to their calls for.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has stated he’ll proceed the struggle till Hamas is completely defeated and all hostages are freed.
Hamas insists on a everlasting ceasefire and an entire withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Gaza Strip.
Hamdan stated the proposals had been “merely a waste of time and provide additional time for the occupation (Israel) to practise genocide”.
He additionally stated Hamas was being pressured to just accept Israel’s deal “as it is without modification”.
The struggle began with Hamas’s October 7 assault on southern Israel which resulted within the deaths of 1,195 individuals, principally civilians, in line with an AFP tally primarily based on Israeli figures.
The fighters additionally seized hostages, 116 of whom stay in Gaza though the military says 42 are lifeless.
Israel’s retaliatory offensive has killed a minimum of 37,834 individuals, additionally principally civilians, in line with knowledge from the well being ministry in Hamas-run Gaza.
Source: www.anews.com.tr