Netanyahu rejects ceasefire deal accepted by Hamas as not meeting Israel's demands
The Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has rejected ceasefire deal put forward by Qatari and Egyptian mediators as not meeting Israel’s demands.
Netanyahu said the peace deal, which was accepted by Hamas, was far from the position that Israel has been negotiating for.
He noted that, as the deal was far from meeting Israel’s demands, Israel would send a working delegation to negotiate further with its interest always put into consideration.
However, earlier before Netanyahu objected to the decision made by the Qatari and Egyptian mediators, Hamas announced that it had approved the ceasefire deal for Gaza.
It is unknown exactly what Hamas has accepted as being part of the deal, as the proposal is believed to include the freeing of Israeli hostages and return of Palestinians in Gaza.
Previously, Egyptian, Qatari, and the US mediators have been involved in negotiations with Hamas concerning a three-phase proposal supported by Israel, which, however, unpublished, includes the release of 33 living hostages within the 40-day ceasefire in return for hundreds of Palestinian security prisoners that were held by IDF.
Meanwhile, a report by BBC said Israel has urged 100,000 Palestinians to leave eastern Rafah ahead of a “limited” military operation.
IDF informed that this is not a “wide-scale evacuation” and this people are going to be moved to a safe place two cities of al-Mawasi and Khan Younis.
Netanyahu and the US President Joe Biden, according to the white house, had a phone call where president Joe Biden “unequivocally reaffirmed his position on Rafah”.
The war broke out on October 7 when Hamas soldiers invaded southern Israel, killed not less than 1,200 people, taking 252 hostages, according to Israel’s news Media.
Since then more than 34,700 people have been killed in Gaza, Hamas health ministry said.
Efforts to restore peace in the Middle Eastern zone have almost proven far-fetched given various conditions.
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Hamas ceasefire negotiators and Israeli delegates appointed by the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have always maintained their separate positions, seeking their demands to be met before accepting any proposals put forward by their mediators to relax arms.
