US EditionHamas Official Says the Group Ready to Discuss 'Freezing or Storing' Its Weapons
Hamas offers to freeze or store weapons to ease disarmament talks, aiming to advance the US-brokered ceasefire nearing its second phase after two months.
- Hamas chief negotiator Khalil al-Hayya stated that the group is ready to discuss handing over its weapons to the Palestinian Authority if Israeli occupation ends.
- Bassem Naim, a member of Hamas's political bureau, indicated a willingness to explore truce terms lasting five to ten years for establishing a Palestinian state.
- Hamas is prepared to discuss freezing or storing its weapons contingent on the end of Israeli occupation, as stated by Khalil al-Hayya.
- Disagreements persist, with Hamas accusing Israel of violating ceasefire conditions, while Israel holds Hamas responsible for ongoing violence, as reported by Bassem Naim.
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The first phase of the plan, associated with the traffic which entered into force on 10 October, before the delivery of the pensions — dead and alive — held in Gaza, in exchange for the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners imprisoned in Israel
Hamas says it is open to a 'weapons freeze' instead of disarmament for Gaza truce: Report
A top Hamas leader told Qatari news channel Al Jazeera on Wednesday that the militant group is open to a weapons 'freeze', but rejects the demand for disarmament put forward in the US-sponsored peace plan for Gaza.
A total disarmament would be "unacceptable", but a Hamas leader proposed this Wednesday to freeze the armament of the movement, in exchange for a lasting truce in Gaza. He also said he was open to the presence of an international peacekeeping force at the border of the Palestinian territory with Israel."What is proposed is a freeze, or a storage (arms) (...) in order to provide guarantees against any military escalation from Gaza with the Israel…
A senior Hamas leader said Wednesday to the Qatari news channel Al Jazeera that the militant group is open to an arms freeze, but rejects the demand for disarmament set out in the U.S.-sponsored peace plan for Gaza. "The idea of total disarmament is unacceptable to the resistance (Hamas). What is proposed is a freeze or storage (of weapons)... to offer guarantees against any military escalation from Gaza with the Israeli occupation," Khaled Mesh…
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