Senior Hamas official Taher Nunu tells Egyptian newspaper Al-Shorouk that while Hamas has no objection to meeting with mediators as part of negotiations for a ceasefire-hostage deal in Gaza, no such meeting is currently planned.
However, Nunu states that contacts with mediators are ongoing.
Nunu adds that Hamas would sign an agreement that includes an end to the war, but refuses to discuss the terror group’s disarmament or the potential departure of senior Hamas leaders from the Gaza Strip.
Egypt and Qatar, backed by the United States, have begun a new ceasefire effort to halt the 20-month-old conflict and secure the release of hostages being held by Hamas.
Interest in resolving the Gaza conflict has heightened in the wake of US and Israeli bombings of Iran’s nuclear facilities, with US President Donald Trump pushing Israel to return to the negotiating table in recent days.
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