Hamas sources: Trump plan ‘creates injustice’ but will be examined ‘positively’ – report

Sources in Hamas tell the Saudi newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat that the White House’s plan to end the war “leans to one side and creates injustice,” serving Israeli rather than Palestinian interests, though they added that it would still be examined “positively.”

The sources add that no clear date has been set for delivering Hamas’s response to the plan, but mediators have asked the group to act quickly and provide an answer within about two days.

The sources say that while the points contained in the plan are outlined at length and in detail, they contain no real guarantees for implementing the terms of the agreement. They add that there may be a need for adjustments regarding the timeline for releasing hostages, including those who are dead, since time would be required to locate the burial sites of the slain captives within the Strip.

The plan calls for Hamas to release all hostages within 72 hours.

Hamas sources inside the Strip tell the newspaper that, in conversation with the terror group’s leadership abroad, Hamas officials in Gaza had stressed the importance of responding positively to the plan in order to bring an end to the war. According to them, the group’s military wing also agrees with this approach.