Hamas: No Permanent Ceasefire Offer Made by Mediators

GAZA  (Palestine Foundation Information Center) The Hamas Movement said that it received a proposal from mediators in Egypt and Qatar for a short-term truce in Gaza and rejected it for not including a lasting ceasefire.

“Brothers in Egypt and Qatar suggested a temporary truce for specific days and increasing the number of aid trucks, during which a partial exchange of prisoners would take place.”

“The proposals do not include a permanent cessation of aggression, nor do they entail the withdrawal of the Israeli army from the Gaza Strip or the return of displaced persons,” the Movement said.

The Movement pointed out that the proposals presented by the mediators “do not address our people’s needs for security, stability, relief and reconstruction, nor do they address the normal opening of the crossings, especially the Rafah crossing.”

Hamas “reiterated that what our people want is a complete, comprehensive and permanent ceasefire, a complete withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, the return of the displaced, and the lifting of the siege.”