Izzat al Rishq, a member of the Political Bureau of Hamas, reaffirmed on Saturday the will of the Palestinian group “shown from the beginning of the negotiations” to reach “an integral agreement that ends the aggression in Gaza”, after yesterday the president of the United States, Donald Trump, accused him of not wanting to sign any agreement.
“American statements overlook the true obstacle to all agreements: the Netanyahu government, which hinders, evades and eludes its commitments,” Rishq told a statement released in its official channels.
He also stressed that Trump's accusations “contradict” the evaluation of Qatar and Egypt, mediators together with the United States of the conflict, about their position that “expressed their satisfaction and appreciation.”
“We are surprised by the statements of US President Trump, and before him, of the special American envoy Witkoff, who contradict the evaluation of the mediators about the position of the movement and are not coherent with the course of the negotiation process, which was registering real advances,” he adds.
This Friday afternoon Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu left negotiations with the military group. “It's a shame for Hamas,” said US president Donald Trump, before traveling to Scotland this Friday morning.
“It's a pity. Hamas did not want to reach an agreement, I think they want to die. He reached a point where they will have to end. We have released many hostages and now we have the latter, and they know what happens after they recover to the last hostages. And basically, because of that, they did not want to reach an agreement.”
In the note, he also ensures that his last response to the text for a high 60 -day fire driven by the United States was “positive and flexible to all comments”, but asks that “their clauses be strengthened”.
“In particular, those related to the humanitarian aspect, guaranteeing the massive flow of aid and its distribution through the United Nations and their authorized agencies, without Israeli interference. We also emphasize the need for withdrawal maps,” he details in the statement.
And he adds: “We were interested in reducing the extension of the damping areas where the occupation will remain during the 60 days and avoid the densely populated areas to ensure the return of the majority of our people to their homes.”
These demands are those that collide with the position of the Israeli government, which has always been against the total withdrawal of its enclave troops arguing that it does so for “security reasons” and in any of the drafts it has committed to guarantee the definitive end of its offensive.
