Hamas refused to consider proposal for short truce in Gaza, official says
Hamas refused to study a proposal for a short truce in the war in the Gaza Strip from the mediating countries because it did not satisfy “the needs of the Palestinians”, an official of the Islamist movement said on Friday.
A Hamas delegation received this proposal during a meeting Monday in Doha with representatives of Egypt and Qatar, this head of the movement’s political office told AFP, speaking under the cover of the ‘anonymity.
It included the entry of humanitarian aid into the besieged territory and a limited exchange of Palestinian prisoners held by Israel for hostages held in Gaza since the Hamas attack on Israeli soil on October 7, 2023 that sparked the war.
But “the proposal does not include a permanent cessation of aggression nor the withdrawal of the Israeli army from the Gaza Strip nor the return of people displaced” by the fighting which has lasted for more than a year, he said. he indicated, reiterating the conditions set by Hamas for a cease-fire.
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