The terrorist group indicated its willingness to stop governing the Strip after the end of hostilities, a proposal coordinated with US-led efforts to extend the initial ceasefire.
Hamas has indicated its willingness to stop governing Gaza after the war with Israel, a proposal coordinated with US-led efforts to extend the initial ceasefire and agree on terms for a permanent end to hostilities.
“There is no need for Hamas to be part of the political and administrative arrangements in the next phase for Gaza, especially if it serves the interests of our people,” Hamas spokesman said. Hazem Qasim, Al Arabiya TV.
The concession would fulfill one of the Israeli demands on Hamas that would allow the start of a second phase of the truce when the current one expires early next month. However, another is for the Palestinian group to disarm, a condition the Iran-backed faction has shown no signs of meeting.
Some Israeli analysts have warned that allowing Hamas to continue as a military force outside the government would allow the group to replicate the role played by Hezbollah in Lebanon, which wielded significant power and influence in the country both militarily and politically despite not being officially in charge. Israel’s offensive against the group late last year helped pave the way for Lebanon to appoint its first president since 2022 last month.
Israel's refusal to declare what it considers an acceptable alternative government to Hamas, rejecting the proposals of the Palestinian Authority, which rules parts of the West Bank, to get involved has further clouded Gaza's post-war outlook.
The American President's proposal Donald Trump The move to send most of Gaza's residents abroad to make way for a multi-year reconstruction of the war-ravaged territory has been rejected by Palestinians and criticised by many Middle Eastern leaders.
“We do not cling to power”“The start of real reconstruction does not necessarily depend on Hamas being part of these agreements,” Qasim said Sunday evening.
With the initial six-week truce between Israel and Hamas drawing to a close, US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, expressed optimism on Sunday that Phase 2 talks, mediated by Qatar and Egypt, would continue. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, He convened his security cabinet on Monday night to set out the guidelines for any progress in negotiations.
In a speech on Sunday, Netanyahu reiterated that “Israel will destroy Hamas's military and governance capabilities,” a call echoed by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who described Hamas as an obstacle to any future peace.
Donald Trump will support all political and military decisions that Netanyahu makes, But Rubio reiterated to the Israeli prime minister that the White House's priority is to recover all the hostages who are being held captive in the Gaza tunnels. Netanyahu agrees The condition of the US President and the negotiations in Egypt will begin in the next 48 hours.
Hamas, like Hezbollah, is considered a terrorist organization by the United States and many other countries. The group has been fighting Israel since it attacked the country in October 2003.
(With information from Bloomberg)
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The European wars, between France and England, or between them and Germany, are not like those that Israel wages against its neighbors.
These are existential: if Israel loses, it disappears with its entire population killed.
We must do exactly the same to stop “regular” wars.
Gaza must no longer belong to the Palestinians, or to Israel, or to the USA, or to a garbage dump.
The entire deep left that governed Israel for so long instilled, even in the military leadership, the concept that our enemies are human beings.
If we want to live in peace, that must change.