GAZA (Palestine Foundation Information Center) Senior Hamas official Osama Hamdan said on Monday that the Israeli occupation has offered nothing new in the negotiation process for the past four weeks, amid the absence of a clear US position condemning Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s rejection of ceasefire proposals.
In a press statement, Hamdan said Netanyahu is exploiting the escalation with Iran as a domestic card in preparation for early elections, emphasizing that his current behavior amounts to political blackmail at the expense of Palestinian blood.
He noted that Hamas remains committed to reaching an agreement that would halt the aggression and reopen the crossings. The Movement is working through mediators to achieve a comprehensive deal, but at the same time, it asserts that continued aggression will be met with continued resistance.
Hamdan affirmed that the Movement has presented a comprehensive vision leading to a just humanitarian agreement, stressing that the Palestinian people deserve a fully sovereign state.
He underscored that the US administration is still not in a position to serve as an honest broker, dealing with the Palestinian issue only from the perspective of exonerating Netanyahu domestically and internationally, despite the fact that he has become a “fugitive from international justice.”
Hamdan reiterated Hamas’s insistence on ending the aggression and saving its people, calling for a serious international stance to restrain the occupation and bring justice to the Palestinian people.
The ongoing Israeli assault on Gaza, supported by the US since October 7, 2023, has resulted in approximately 190,000 Palestinians killed or wounded, the majority of whom are women and children. More than 11,000 remain missing, in addition to hundreds of thousands displaced and a famine that has claimed many lives, including dozens of children.
