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Senior Hamas official: Israel’s demands have sent Gaza negotiations back to square one
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleNurit Yohanan is The Times of Israel's Palestinian and Arab world correspondent
Senior Hamas official Taher al-Nunu says in an interview that Israel has sent negotiations over the future of Gaza back to square one through its demands regarding the continuation of the ceasefire and advancing to the second phase under Trump’s plan.
According to al-Nunu, Israel is unwilling to commit to implementing all the provisions of the first phase of the ceasefire — including, he said, allowing sufficient aid into Gaza — and seeks to dismantle the “Palestinian factions” (the terrorist organizations in the Strip, led by Hamas).
He also says that, according to a draft proposal submitted by Israel via the Board of Peace, Jerusalem wants the future government of the Gaza Strip to “promote an Israeli agenda.”
In an interview yesterday with Hamas’s Al-Aqsa channel, al-Nunu said that since April 14, Hamas has received three different proposals from US President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace regarding the continuation of the ceasefire, and that the latest proposal, received on June 12, was completely different from previous understandings.
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