GAZA (Palestine Foundation Information Center) The Hamas Movement has accused the Israeli occupation government of insisting on violating the ceasefire agreement by not allowing the entry of vital needs to the Gaza Strip and leaning on the new position of the US administration and its plan to displace Gazans.
In a statement on Sunday, Hamas spokesman Hazem Qasem said that Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu violated the ceasefire agreement by his refusal to allow the entry of mobile homes and heavy machinery for the removal of rubble.
Spokesman Qasem said that Netanyahu’s decision to backtrack on his obligations under the ceasefire agreement is based on US president Donald Trump’s stated position over Gaza and his plan to relocate its people.
Qasem criticized the US administration’s current position on Gaza, saying that the three phases of the ceasefire agreement were formulated under the sponsorship of the administration of former president Joe Biden.
“It is unreasonable to talk about changing or modifying it as long as things are proceeding according to the agreement,” Qasem stressed.
“Trump’s keenness on having Israeli captives released from the Gaza Strip must be translated into pressuring the occupation and obligating it to honor the agreement instead of making threats and seeking to change it,” the spokesman said.
At the end of his meeting with US secretary of state Marco Rubio on Sunday, Netanyahu parroted recent words made by Trump, who said last week that “the gates of hell would open” if Hamas does not release dozens of remaining captives in the Gaza Strip.
Netanyahu also did not approve the entry of mobile homes and heavy equipment into the Gaza Strip during Saturday night’s security consultations, in a breach of the ceasefire deal with the Hamas Movement.
