Hamas leader in Gaza, Khalil al-Hayya, who is leading the terror group’s negotiating team, gave a rare interview today from Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, to the Egyptian channel Al-Qahera Al-Ikhbariya.
Al-Hayya says that Hamas demands “real guarantees” to end the war, citing past experience with Israel during two previous ceasefires. He adds that Hamas came to Egypt with the direct goal of ending the war, securing an Israeli withdrawal from the Strip, and carrying out a “prisoner exchange — the release of all Israeli hostages, both living and dead, and the Palestinian prisoners that were discussed, according to the Trump plan.”
The interview is highly unusual, given that al-Hayya is speaking from the site of the still-ongoing negotiations.
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