Tel Aviv [Israel], May 31: Hamas forces said on May 30 that they will not attend further negotiations given the current tense situation, but are ready for a 'complete agreement' if Israel stops the war.
In the statement, Hamas affirmed that this force and Palestinian factions will not participate in ceasefire negotiations in the face of the Gaza Strip being attacked, surrounded and with increasing hunger, Reuters reported.
"Today, we inform the mediators that if the aggressor stops the war in Gaza, we are ready to come to a complete agreement," Hamas said in a statement, adding that it would include a child exchange agreement. news and comprehensive prisoners.
Meanwhile, speaking on television on May 30, Israeli National Security Advisor Tzachi Hanegbi told relatives of hostages being held in Gaza that the Tel Aviv government would not accept a cessation of the war in exchange for Hamas released all hostages, according to the Times of Israel .
Mr. Hanegbi said that the Israeli government could achieve "phase 1" of the hostage exchange agreement in the next few months. Tel Aviv is resolute in its stance of attacking the city of Rafah in southern Gaza, emphasizing that the goal is to completely defeat Hamas members.
The situation in Gaza continues to be tense when health officials in this area said on May 30 that Israel had launched an airstrike on Rafah, killing 12 Palestinians Israel said there was fighting in all three regions of northern, central and southern Gaza but has not commented on the number of casualties.
Israel continued its campaign in Rafah after announcing it had taken control of the buffer zone along the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt on May 29. The border with Egypt along the southern edge is Gaza's only land border that Israel did not previously control directly. Tel Aviv says controlling this area will cut off the route Hamas uses to smuggle weapons into Gaza.
Source: Thanh Nien Newspaper
