GAZA (Palestine Foundation Information Center)Mohammad al-Hindi, Deputy Secretary-General of the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine, stated that the Palestinian resistance will not release any Israeli captive unless Israel halts its war and ends the campaign of genocide in Gaza.
In press remarks, al-Hindi reiterated the resistance’s preference for an “all-for-all” prisoner exchange deal, but noted that the Movement is also open to a phased implementation of a comprehensive and clearly defined agreement.
He accused Israel of trying to use negotiations to retrieve its captives without ending the war and of deliberately overwhelming mediators from Egypt and Qatar with unrealistic and obstructive demands to stall progress.
Al-Hindi stressed that disarming the resistance would be equivalent to enabling the forced displacement of Palestinians from Gaza—an outcome the resistance and the Palestinian people categorically reject.
He described Israel’s demand to dismantle the resistance as the central obstacle to negotiations and dismissed Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s claims about defeating Hamas and forcing surrender as pure fantasy.
Al-Hindi further warned that the massacres in Gaza and the West Bank may appear as tactical victories for Netanyahu’s agenda but, in reality, conceal deeper and more dangerous consequences yet to emerge.
Previously, the Hamas Movement had also reiterated its refusal of partial agreements, insisting on a comprehensive ceasefire deal that includes a post-war roadmap and guarantees a full and permanent halt to Israeli aggression.
Israel’s war on Gaza—described by rights groups as a campaign of genocide and ethnic cleansing—has continued for over 581 days. Since the collapse of a fragile ceasefire on 18 March, Israel has resumed its military offensive, using starvation and the closure of border crossings as additional weapons in its war strategy.
