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Hamas asks Gaza ceasefire mediators to draw up plan based on past negotiations

2024-08-12

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According to CCTV News, the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) issued a statement on the 11th, calling on the mediators of the ceasefire negotiations in the Gaza Strip to formulate an implementation plan based on the results of previous consultations and force Israel to implement it, rather than seeking more rounds of negotiations or new proposals.

The statement said that since the outbreak of the new round of Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Hamas has been hoping that the efforts of the mediators Egypt and Qatar will succeed. For this reason, it has participated in several rounds of negotiations and responded to the Israeli proposal for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the release of detained persons in early July. However, Israel subsequently proposed new conditions that had never been proposed during the entire negotiation process, and continued to attack the Gaza Strip and assassinated Ismail Haniyeh, the leader of the Hamas Political Bureau, all of which confirmed Israel's intention to continue the war and its unwillingness to reach a ceasefire agreement. Even after the leaders of Qatar, Egypt and the United States called on Israel and Hamas to resume negotiations on the 15th on the 8th, the Israeli army still bombed a school in Gaza City on the 10th, killing more than 100 people.

The statement said that in view of this, out of "concern and responsibility for the Palestinian people and their interests", Hamas has expressed its position to mediators such as Egypt, Qatar and the United States, asking the relevant parties to propose a negotiation plan for the exchange of detained persons and a ceasefire agreement based on the previous proposal of US President Biden and relevant resolutions of the UN Security Council, rather than restarting new negotiations.

The statement also stressed that Hamas has provided "all necessary flexibility and enthusiasm" for the negotiations and condemned Israel's "inhumane crimes" against the people of Gaza.

In a joint statement issued on the evening of the 8th, the leaders of the United States, Qatar and Egypt called on Israel and Hamas to resume negotiations in Doha, the capital of Qatar, or Cairo, the capital of Egypt, on the 15th to bridge all remaining differences and begin to implement the agreement. The Israeli Prime Minister's Office issued a statement in the early morning of the 9th saying that Israel agreed to resume ceasefire negotiations in Gaza and planned to send a negotiating delegation on the 15th. In a joint statement issued on the evening of the 8th, the leaders of the United States, Qatar and Egypt called on Israel and Hamas to resume negotiations in Doha, the capital of Qatar, or Cairo, the capital of Egypt, on the 15th to bridge all remaining differences and begin to implement the agreement. The Israeli Prime Minister's Office issued a statement in the early morning of the 9th saying that Israel agreed to resume ceasefire negotiations in Gaza and planned to send a negotiating delegation on the 15th. (CCTV reporter Li Chao)

Editor: Li Yilinzi