Gantz: Hamas offer inconsistent with our dialogue with mediators

Head of the National Unity party Minister Benny Gantz holds a press conference at the Knesset, April 3, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90)
Head of the National Unity party Minister Benny Gantz holds a press conference at the Knesset, April 3, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90)

War cabinet minister Benny Gantz says the ceasefire proposal Hamas agreed to “is inconsistent with the dialogue [Israel] held with the mediators to this point and has significant gaps [from Israel’s demands].”

In a statement, Gantz says Israel faces “a cruel enemy” and vows the nation “will never stop the effort to bring back our hostages.”

He says despite the problems with the Hamas position, Israel’s negotiators are “continuing their work at every moment” and “will leave no stone unturned,” as a delegation departs for Cairo to continue talks there.

“Every decision will be brought before the war cabinet. There will be no political considerations” in the decision-making, he says (emphasis in original).

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