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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHamas tells mediators it's 'sticking to original position' on demand for full ceasefire
Palestinian terror group Hamas said Monday night that it informed mediators that it will stick to its original position on demanding a permanent ceasefire, the withdrawal of Israeli troops from Gaza, a return of displaced Palestinians and a real exchange of prisoners demands Israel has already rejected as delusional multiple times.
Israel has continuously dismissed Hamas demands for a full military withdrawal and a permanent ceasefire, while the terror group has conditioned any further hostage releases on an Israeli commitment to end the war. Israel has rejected this demand as delusional, and insisted that its military campaign to destroy Hamass military and governance capabilities will resume once any hostage-truce deal is implemented.
Some 130 hostages not all of them alive are believed to remain in Gaza since Hamass October 7 massacre, which saw terrorists kill some 1,200 people and abduct another 253, mostly civilians.
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The Palestinian terror groups statement came hours after the United Nations Security Council adopted a resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and a release of hostages taken on October 7, after the United States abstained from the vote, sparking a spat with Israel. The remaining 14 council members voted for the resolution, backed by Russia and China, that called for a ceasefire without conditioning it on the release of hostages.
Israel has continuously dismissed Hamas demands for a full military withdrawal and a permanent ceasefire, while the terror group has conditioned any further hostage releases on an Israeli commitment to end the war. Israel has rejected this demand as delusional, and insisted that its military campaign to destroy Hamass military and governance capabilities will resume once any hostage-truce deal is implemented.
Some 130 hostages not all of them alive are believed to remain in Gaza since Hamass October 7 massacre, which saw terrorists kill some 1,200 people and abduct another 253, mostly civilians.
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The Palestinian terror groups statement came hours after the United Nations Security Council adopted a resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and a release of hostages taken on October 7, after the United States abstained from the vote, sparking a spat with Israel. The remaining 14 council members voted for the resolution, backed by Russia and China, that called for a ceasefire without conditioning it on the release of hostages.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/hamas-tells-mediators-its-sticking-to-original-position-on-demand-for-full-ceasefire/
The UNSC vote is already paying off big time. For the terrorists. Who could have ever guessed?
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Hamas tells mediators it's 'sticking to original position' on demand for full ceasefire (Original Post)
Beastly Boy
Mar 26
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yagotme
(2,919 posts)1. If they don't get a commitment from Hamas to release hostages,
it'll never happen. What the heck is so hard for them to understand that???
comradebillyboy
(10,175 posts)2. Hamas wants the two million Gazans to become martyrs
to the cause of exterminating the Israeli state along with all the Jews within.