His words come in the midst of negotiations in Cairo to achieve a truce agreement between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. Netanyahu has referred to information that Hamas has made the definitive end to hostilities an unavoidable condition for a possible agreement.
The Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahusaid this Sunday that his country “cannot accept” the end of the war in Gaza as a condition for a ceasefire that would allow the release of Israeli hostages in the Palestinian enclave.
“We are not willing to accept a situation in which Hamas battalions leave their safe havens, retake control of Gaza, rebuild their military infrastructure and once again threaten the citizens of Israel in the adjacent communities,” said the Israeli leader in a message.
His words occur in full negotiating momentum in Cairo to reach a truce agreement between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, where more than 34,600 people have already died, most of them women and children.
Netanyahu referred to information that suggests that the Palestinian group has made the definitive end of hostilities an unavoidable condition for a possible agreement.
“Hamas has remained entrenched in its extreme positions, in particular the demand to withdraw all our forces from the Strip, end the war and leave Hamas intact,” he said in a video.
The Israeli Prime Minister has made it clear that will not accept the demands of the Palestinian groupand that he will continue fighting until he achieves all his objectives in the war.
He has also defended that Israel has been extremely flexible in its proposals, and sent a message to the families of the hostages, who have been demonstrating for weeks to request a truce agreement that would allow the release of the Israelis held in Gaza.
“Hamas is the one who is preventing the release of the kidnapped people. We are doing everything possible to free the kidnapped people,” he said.
Palestinian sources told EFE on Saturday that the leader of the Islamist group in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, “wants a written American commitment for the unconditional end of the fighting” and also requests that Israel not prevent the liberated Palestinians from returning to the occupied West Bank. in exchange for the Israeli hostages.
Given this disagreement, the Hamas source has indicated that the movement will not deliver its response to the proposed agreement for a truce because it has some “clarifications” pending, although he has recognized that the initiative is “better than what was proposed in the rounds.” previous” negotiations.
Sources close to the talks in Cairo consulted by EFE have indicated this weekend that the proposed agreement includes a first phase of 40 days of truce in which 33 hostages would be released from the total of some 128 Israeli hostages held by Hamas, while that the Israeli Army would withdraw from the areas in which it is present in the Gaza Strip.
The second phase would continue for another 42-day period during which all remaining hostages would be released and a process of “permanent calm in Gaza” would be extended, while the third and final phase would include exchanging the bodies and would also last 42 days.
Source: Eitb
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