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The Palestinian terrorist group Hamas mentioned Sunday it will not take part in new negotiations for a cease-fire in Gaza this week until mediators offered a plan primarily based on earlier talks.
“The movement calls on the mediators to present a plan to implement what was agreed upon by the movement on July 2, 2024, based on [President] Biden’s vision and the UN Security Council resolution,” Hamas mentioned in an announcement posted on Telegram.
The terrorist group, which remains to be holding dozens of hostages together with Americans, mentioned it has proven “flexibility” all through the negotiating course of however that Israeli actions – together with the assassination of its chief, Ismail Haniyeh, in Tehran final month – point out it’s not severe about pursuing a cease-fire settlement.
Hamas urged mediators to submit a plan to implement what was agreed on final month. (Reuters/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/File)
Hamas urged mediators, together with the United States, Egypt and Qatar, to submit a plan to implement what was agreed on final month “instead of going to more rounds of negotiations or new proposals that provide cover for the occupation’s aggression.”
President Biden advised CBS News he believes it’s “still possible” for each side to achieve a deal that features the discharge of 115 hostages.
“The plan I put together, endorsed by G7, endorsed by the U.N. Security Council, et cetera, is still viable,” Biden advised the community in an interview printed Sunday. “And I’m working literally every single day – and my whole team – to see to it that it doesn’t escalate into a regional war. But it easily can.”
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Meanwhile, an Israeli senior official concerned in negotiations has derided Hamas’ announcement as “a tactical move in preparation for a possible attack by Iran and Hezbollah and to try to obtain better terms for a deal.”
The official advised the Israeli information outlet Walla: “If Hamas does not come to the table, we will continue to crush their forces in Gaza.”
The statements come after the Israeli navy ordered extra evacuations in southern Gaza, a day after a lethal airstrike on a school-turned-shelter within the north killed a minimum of 80 Palestinians, in response to Hamas-affiliated native well being authorities.
Smoke billows after the Israeli military launched an airstrike within the Al Mughraqa space of the Gaza Strip on April 14, 2024. (Ashraf Amra/Anadolu through Getty Images)
The newest evacuation orders apply to areas of Khan Younis, Gaza’s second-largest metropolis, together with a part of an Israeli-declared humanitarian zone from which the navy mentioned rockets had been fired. Israel accuses Hamas and different militants of hiding amongst civilians and launching assaults from residential areas.
The conflict started when Hamas-led militants burst into southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, and rampaged via farming communities and armed forces bases close to the border, killing round 1,200 Israelis and abducting round 250 folks. Of the remaining hostages, Israeli authorities imagine round a 3rd are seemingly useless.
Gaza’s Hamas-run Health Ministry, which does not distinguish between civilians and combatants, says the Palestinian dying toll from the conflict is approaching 40,000.
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The months-long battle has threatened to set off a regional conflict as Israel has traded fireplace with Iran and its militant allies throughout the area.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
