Hamas official Osama Hamdan said on Thursday there has been no progress in Gaza ceasefire talks despite the movement showing flexibility.
Hamas official Osama Hamdan speaks during a press conference in Beirut, April 4, 2024. Reuters/Mohamed Azakir
Hamas official Osama Hamdan said on Thursday there has been no progress in Gaza ceasefire talks despite the movement showing flexibility.
Hamdan said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was placing obstacles hindering both parties from reaching an agreement, and that he is "not interested" in releasing Israeli hostages.
"The occupation government is still evading, and negotiations are stuck in a vicious circle", Hamdan said at a press conference held in Beirut.
In the mouths of the leaders of Banda, the term flexibility doesn't exactly have the meaning it's given elsewhere.
The movement tries to demonstrate its openness and good intentions.
Hamas has kidnapped more than a hundred civilians it has been holding hostage for 6 months.
Its militants have taken the civilian population in Gaza hostage.
Despite its military setbacks, there's no question of giving in. This is the logic of this terrorist movement.
Reporting by Nidal al Mughrabi, Jana Choukeir, Ahmed Elimam and Mena Today
A Lebanese official denied on Thursday a Reuters report that Beirut had agreed with Israel to a shortlist of countries that could send troops to Lebanon to verify the disarmament of Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, and said it was following up on the issue with Washington.
Israel won't withdraw from southern Lebanon until Hezbollah is disarmed, the defence minister said on Thursday, qualifying remarks he made a day earlier that had suggested Israeli forces would occupy the territory indefinitely and drew U.S. criticism.
Israeli troops clashed with Jewish settlers on Wednesday while trying to disperse them from a West Bank outpost they set up directly in front of Palestinian homes, and later withdrew from the area after failing to clear the settlers, witnesses said.
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