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Hamas slams Israel’s ‘unacceptable’ push for group’s disarmament under Board of Peace plan
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleNurit Yohanan is The Times of Israel's Palestinian and Arab world correspondent
The spokesman for Hamas’s military wing, Abu Obeida, says that Israel’s attempt to raise the issue of Hamas’s disarmament in a “crude manner” is unacceptable, after the Board of Peace presented a staggered disarmament plan to the terror group last month.
“What the enemy failed to achieve through tanks, it will not achieve through negotiations,” Abu Obeida says, accusing the world of “double standards” for “demanding concessions only from Palestinians.”
The Hamas spokesperson further demands that “mediators must pressure Israel to uphold its commitments under the October 2025 ceasefire deal before discussing the second phase,” of the agreement, which, according to the White House plan, includes the disarmament of Hamas.
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