DOHA (Palestine Foundation Information Center) Deputy Chairman of the Hamas Movement in the Gaza Strip, Dr. Khalil al-Hayya, confirmed that all mediators’ initiatives and offers failed due to Netanyahu’s intransigence.
Hamas wants a real captives-for-prisoners swap, but Netanyahu instead wants the war on Gaza to continue to achieve his personal goals and political ambitions, al-Hayya said in comments to Al Araby TV.
“Hamas did not suspend nor withdraw from the [ceasefire] negotiations. The occupation turned against the mediators’ proposal,” he added.
He pointed out that the US administration could stop the war, but “it does not want to do so.”
The Hamas Movement said earlier efforts to agree to a Gaza truce are now “back at square one” after Israel effectively rejected a proposal by international mediators this week.
