Hamas says it rejects new Israeli prerequisites in Gaza ceasefire talks Through Reuters

CAIRO (Reuters) – Hamas stated on Sunday that it rejects new Israeli prerequisites put ahead in Gaza ceasefire talks, casting additional doubt at the possibilities of a step forward in the most recent U.S.-backed effort to finish the 10-month-old warfare.

Months of on-off talks have failed to supply an settlement to finish Israel’s devastating army marketing campaign in Gaza or loose the rest hostages seized via Hamas within the militant workforce’s Oct. 7 assault on Israel that induced the warfare.

Key sticking issues in ongoing talks mediated via the USA, Egypt and Qatar come with an Israeli presence within the so-called Philadelphi Hall, a slim 14.5 km-long (nine-mile) stretch of land alongside Gaza’s southern border with Egypt.

Hamas stated Israel has backtracked on a dedication to withdraw troops from the Hall and put ahead different new prerequisites, together with the screening of displaced Palestinians as they go back to the enclave’s extra closely populated north when the ceasefire starts.

“We can now not settle for discussions about retractions from what we agreed to on July 2 or new prerequisites,” Hamas professional Osama Hamdan instructed the crowd’s Al-Aqsa TV on Sunday.

In July, Hamas authorised a U.S. proposal to start talks on liberating Israeli hostages, together with squaddies and males, 16 days after the primary section of an settlement aimed toward finishing the Gaza warfare, a senior Hamas supply has instructed Reuters.

Hamdan additionally stated Hamas has passed to mediators its reaction to the most recent proposal, pronouncing U.S. communicate of an forthcoming deal is fake.

A Hamas delegation left Cairo on Sunday after preserving talks with mediators, senior professional Izzat El-Reshiq stated, including that the crowd had reiterated its call for that any settlement will have to stipulate an enduring ceasefire and a complete Israeli withdrawal from Gaza.