A senior Hamas official has condemned Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu’s refusal to accept the mediators’ latest proposal for the establishment of a ceasefire in Gaza.
Hamas Political Bureau member, Bassem Naim, said Netanyahu is deliberately stalling the Gaza peace talks to protect himself and his far-right cabinet, and to escalate that war on Gaza. He cited recent media reports indicating that the regime has rejected a partial deal with Hamas, saying Tel Aviv wants a comprehensive agreement with US backing. Naim emphasized that Hamas has not received any official response to its latest truce offer, or any new proposal on a comprehensive deal. He stressed that the movement has accepted multiple truce deals, including a recent one offered by the mediators in Cairo, but Israel has rejected all of them. Naim condemned the United States’ unbridled support for Israel, calling on Arab and Islamic countries to mount political, diplomatic, and economic pressure on the regime.