BEIRUT (Palestine Foundation Information Center) Member of Hamas’s political bureau Osama Hamdan has reiterated his Movement’s position on the formation of a national unity government capable of running the Palestinian affairs, describing this option as a “priority to close ranks in the face of the current challenges.”
In press remarks on Monday, Hamdan said that Hamas and Fatah officials agreed in their last meeting in Cairo on the need to form a committee to manage the affairs of the Gaza Strip, but the meetings that were supposed to be held later to make arrangements in this regard were postponed due to certain developments on the ground, most notably the martyrdom of Hamas political bureau chief Yehya as-Sinwar.
In another context, Hamdan pointed out that the Israeli occupation regime seeks through ceasefire negotiations to achieve what it failed to do on the ground, stressing that what the Israelis want to get through the negotiation rounds is “unacceptable and impossible.”
“The occupation aims to get back the captives being held by the resistance through pressure. It wants the resistance to raise the white flag and surrender first and then decide whether to stop the war or not,” Hamdan said.
The Hamas official affirmed that Hamas is keen on putting an end to the Israeli aggression against its people in Gaza, but he said that the talk about a temporary truce for five days and then resuming fighting cannot serve its people’s interests.
He highlighted that the ongoing battle in Gaza is related to the file of the prisoners, warning that “the lives of Israeli captives become in danger if the resistance fighters who take care of them went missing.”
