CAIRO (Reuters) – Palestinian militant group Hamas on Sunday requested mediators to current a plan based mostly upon earlier talks as an alternative of participating in new negotiations for a Gaza ceasefire deal.
Final week, leaders of the USA, Egypt and Qatar referred to as on Israel and Hamas to fulfill for negotiations on Aug. 15 in both Cairo or Doha to finalize a Gaza ceasefire and hostage-release deal.
Israel mentioned it will ship negotiators to participate within the assembly. Hamas initially mentioned it was finding out the supply however has now hinted it could keep out of the brand new spherical of talks.
“The movement calls on the mediators to present a plan to implement what was agreed upon by the movement on July 2, 2024, based on Biden’s vision and the UN Security Council resolution,” Hamas mentioned in a press release.
“The mediators should enforce this on the occupation (Israel) instead of pursuing further rounds of negotiations or new proposals that would provide cover for the occupation’s aggression and grant it more time to continue its genocide against our people,” the assertion mentioned.
Israel launched its assault on Gaza after Hamas fighters stormed into southern Israel on Oct. 7, killing 1,200 individuals, principally civilians, and capturing greater than 250 hostages, in accordance with Israeli tallies.
Since then, practically 40,000 Palestinians have been killed within the Israeli offensive in Gaza, in accordance with the well being ministry.
