DOHA (Palestine Foundation Information Center) The Hamas Movement expects indirect negotiations with Israel for the second phase of an ongoing truce in Gaza to begin “early next week”, Hamas official Taher al-Nunu said on Friday.
“We expect the second phase of the ceasefire negotiations to begin early next week, and mediators are continuing discussions on this matter,” al-Nunu explained.
Al-Nunu added that the Movement received “promises from the mediators to increase tents, mobile homes, and heavy equipment entry into the Strip.”
Gaza’s Government Media Office earlier said it is closely following Israel’s actions and “waiting for it to abide” by its humanitarian commitments in the ceasefire agreement.
“The catastrophic humanitarian and living reality that our people in the Gaza Strip are suffering from as a result of the war of extermination and ethnic cleansing waged by the occupation for 15 months, does not tolerate procrastination and delay in introducing shelter requirements and other needs such as fuel, heavy equipment, medical devices and equipment, and infrastructure restoration materials,” Salama Maarouf, the head of the Office, said in a statement.
“[Nearly] one and a half million people have become homeless after their homes were destroyed, while all residents of the Gaza Strip, numbering 2.4 million people, suffer from the lack of the most basic life services and the lack of infrastructure,” he added.
