Benjamin Netanyahu denounces the “extreme positions” of Hamas, which accuses him of “sabotageing the efforts of mediators”

Israel and Hamas once again displayed their disagreements on Sunday May 5 with a view to a truce in the war in Gaza, while discussions had resumed during the weekend in Egypt, without an Israeli presence. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his country ” born [pouvait] accept “ Hamas’ demand that the truce agreement provide for a definitive end to hostilities in the Gaza Strip.

“When Israel shows its good will, Hamas persists in its extreme positions, led by its demand for the withdrawal of our forces from the Gaza Strip, the end of the war and the preservation of Hamas. Israel cannot accept this”declared Benyamin Netanyahu, during a council of ministers, an extract of which https://twitter.com/netanyahu/status/1787074988123861225. The Israeli Prime Minister estimated that “capitulate” in the face of Hamas’ demands, would represent “a terrible defeat” for Israel. “This would be a great victory for Hamas, for Iran (…) »he declared in front of his ministers.

Benyamin Netanyahu “invents justifications”, according to Ismaïl Haniyeh

The leader of the Palestinian movement, Ismaïl Haniyeh, accused Israel of sabotaging mediation efforts aimed at obtaining a truce in the Gaza Strip associated with an exchange of hostages held in this territory and Palestinians detained by the state Hebrew. Mr. Haniyeh said in a statement that the Israeli prime minister wanted “inventing constant justifications for the continuation of aggression, the extension (…) of the conflict and the sabotage of the efforts made by the various mediators and parties”.

A first round of discussions took place on Saturday in Cairo in the presence of a Hamas delegation led by Khalil Al-Hayya and representatives of the mediators. A Hamas official repeated, on condition of anonymity, that his movement would not accept “in no case shall an agreement not explicitly provide for an end to the war” in Gaza.

“ [Benyamin] Netanyahu personally puts the brakes on an agreement »he said Saturday evening to Agence France-Presse about the Israeli prime minister, previously accused by Hamas of hindering the conclusion of this agreement with his public threats on an assault in Rafah, an overpopulated city in the south from the Gaza Strip.