Netanyahu says Israel “cannot accept” Hamas demands to end war in Gaza

The Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahusaid this Sunday that his country “I can not accept“the end of the war in Link 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 abandon their shelters and take control of Gaza againrebuild its military infrastructure and once again threaten Israeli citizens in adjacent communities“, said the Israeli president in a message.

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His words occur in the midst of negotiations in Cairo to reach a truce agreement between Israel It is Hamas in Linkwhere more than 34,600 people have died, most of them women and children.

עושים כל מאמץ לשחרור כל חטופינו, אבל לא נכנע לחמאס. pic.twitter.com/AlNdr1UISU

– Benjamin Netanyahu – בנימין נתניהו (@netanyahu) May 5, 2024

Netanyahu referred to information suggesting that the Palestinian group has made a definitive end to hostilities an inevitable condition for a possible agreement.

“Hamas 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 assured in a video.

The Israeli Prime Minister made it clear that he will not accept the demands of the Palestinian group and that he will continue to fight until he achieves all his objectives in the war.

He also argued 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 Israelis detained in Gaza.

“Hamas is the one preventing the release of kidnapped people. We do everything possible to free those kidnapped”, he guaranteed.

Palestinian sources told EFE this Saturday that the leader of the Islamic group in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar“wants a written American commitment to an unconditional end to the fighting” and also requests that Israel not prevent the return to Occupied West Bank to the Palestinians freed in exchange for the Israeli hostages.

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Faced with this disagreement, the Hamas source indicated that the movement will not respond to the proposed truce agreement because it has some pending issues.”clarifications”, although he recognized that the initiative is “better than what was proposed in previous rounds” of negotiation.

Sources close to the talks in Cairo consulted by EFE indicated this weekend that the proposed agreement includes a first phase of 40 days of truce in which 33 hostages would be released out of a total of around 128 Israeli hostages held by Hamas, while the Israeli Army withdraws 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”, while the third and final phase would include exchanging the corpses and would also last 42 days.

Source: Elcomercio

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