GAZA (Palestine Foundation Information Center) The Hamas Movement called on the mediators and the international community to intervene immediately to ensure the Israeli withdrawal and resume negotiations for the second phase without further delay.
In a statement issued on Monday, Hamas condemned Israel for violating the terms of the ceasefire and maintaining its troops along Gaza’s southern border with Egypt, stating they should have withdrawn under the terms of the deal.
“The Israeli occupation did not abide by the gradual reduction of its forces in the Salaheddin axis during the first phase” of the truce which began on Jan. 19, Hamas said.
It added that Israel “did not begin its withdrawal on the 42nd day as stipulated in the agreement,” and had not completed it “by the 50th day of the agreement, which was yesterday (Sunday).”
In its statement, the Movement said that Israel’s “failure to withdraw from the Philadelphi Corridor” was a “blatant violation” of the ceasefire agreement “and a deliberate attempt to undermine and nullify it.”
Hamas called on mediators Qatar, Egypt and the United States to intervene and ensure that Israel withdraws its forces.
“We demand that the mediators and the international community intervene immediately to ensure the occupation’s withdrawal and the resumption of the second-phase negotiations without delay,” the Movement said.
