Hamas insists on its call for a ceasefire and Israel’s departure from Gaza | AlMomento.net

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The leader of Hamas’s political wing, Ismail Haniye, has warned that the group will not give up its calls for a “permanent” ceasefire and the “complete” departure of Israeli troops from the Gaza Strip to close a new agreement, a day after the Israeli Government announced that it had presented a new proposal.

“We remain committed to our demands,” Haniye stressed, in a speech on the occasion of Jerusalem Day in which he called for the return of “all the displaced”, the entry of aid to the Gaza Strip and the end of the “blockade.” ». Hamas also aspires to an “honorable” agreement to exchange hostages for prisoners, reports the Al Jazeera network.

On Tuesday, the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed that a delegation of representatives of the Intelligence services and the Army had left Cairo after an “intense round of negotiations” in which “an updated proposal for Hamas.

Israel demands some type of “vigorous action” by the mediators to allow progress, despite the fact that the latest attempts at dialogue have ended in failure. The parties have not been able to agree on any new agreement such as the one that facilitated the release of hostages held by Hamas in November in exchange for the release of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.