CAIRO (Reuters) -Hamas mentioned on Sunday that it rejects new Israeli situations put ahead in Gaza ceasefire talks, casting additional doubt on the probabilities of a breakthrough within the newest U.S.-backed effort to finish the 10-month-old conflict.
Months of on-off talks have failed to provide an settlement to finish Israel’s devastating army marketing campaign in Gaza or free the remaining hostages seized by Hamas within the militant group’s Oct. 7 assault on Israel that triggered the conflict.
Key sticking factors in ongoing talks mediated by america, Egypt and Qatar embody an Israeli presence within the so-called Philadelphi Hall, a slim 14.5 km-long (nine-mile) stretch of land alongside Gaza’s southern border with Egypt.
Hamas mentioned Israel has backtracked on a dedication to withdraw troops from the Hall and put ahead different new situations, together with the screening of displaced Palestinians as they return to the enclave’s extra closely populated north when the ceasefire begins.
“We will not accept discussions about retractions from what we agreed to on July 2 or new conditions,” Hamas official Osama Hamdan advised the group’s Al-Aqsa TV on Sunday.
In July, Hamas accepted a U.S. proposal to start talks on releasing Israeli hostages, together with troopers and males, 16 days after the primary part of an settlement geared toward ending the Gaza conflict, a senior Hamas supply has advised Reuters.
Hamdan additionally mentioned Hamas has handed to mediators its response to the newest proposal, saying U.S. speak of an imminent deal is fake.
