GAZA (Palestine Foundation Information Center) The Hams Movement said on Tuesday that it responded to the mediators’ request to discuss new proposals for a ceasefire and prisoner exchange, and started holding some meetings in this regard.
In a statement, Hamas affirmed its openness to any agreement or ideas that would end the suffering of the Palestinians in Gaza and lead to a permanent ceasefire, and the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the entire Strip.
Hamas also stressed the need to agree on a serious prisoner swap deal, end the siege on Gaza, and provide its population with immediate relief, support and shelter as part of any ceasefire agreement.
Hamas urged the leaders of the Arab and Muslim nations to honor the sacrifices of the Palestinian people, overstep any US pressures and dictates, and take a historic step that ends the siege on northern Gaza immediately and stops the aggression against Gaza.
Hamas also called on them to work on providing the Gaza population with food, medical and fuel supplies to save hundreds of thousands of lives in northern Gaza in particular.
Hamas called for effective pressure on Israel’s supporters to curb its crimes and its destruction of all aspects of human life in Gaza.
Hamas criticized some Arab countries for not severing their ties with the Israeli occupation state. “It is unreasonable to see some of our Arab countries insist on their relations and normalization with the occupation while many foreign countries took the initiative in this regard.”
“The Palestinian people in the northern Gaza Strip have been subjected to brutal genocide for more than three consecutive weeks, and 93 people, mostly children and women, were martyred in the Beit Lahia massacre this morning,” Hamas said, appealing to the Arab and Muslim nations, their leaders, parties and groups as well as the world’s free people to take immediate action to save the Palestinians in northern Gaza.
In a related context, Qatar said on Tuesday that its mediation efforts aimed at establishing a ceasefire in Gaza are ongoing, expressing optimism for an agreement ending the war on Gaza.
“The efforts are ongoing, and we hope for a breakthrough,” foreign ministry spokesperson Majed al-Ansari told a news conference in Doha, following a recent round of talks hosted by Qatar.
