Hamas accuses Netanyahu of adding new conditions to truce proposal
Netanyahu's office declined to comment on the latest Hamas allegation. Israel says that Hamas is impeding a deal.
Hamas accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday of preventing a ceasefire in Gaza by adding new conditions and demands to a U.S.-backed truce proposal, after the latest talks conducted through mediators.
The Palestinian Islamist group said it had received the latest response from Israel, following talks in Rome involving Israel, the United States, Egypt and Qatar.
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Netanyahu's office declined to comment on the latest Hamas allegation. Israel says that Hamas is impeding a deal.
"It is clear from what the mediators conveyed that Netanyahu has returned to his strategy of procrastination, evasion, and avoiding reaching an agreement by setting new conditions and demands," Hamas said in a statement on Monday.
The Islamist faction accused Netanyahu of retreating from a proposal previously presented by mediators, which it said had already been based on an "Israeli paper".
A Palestinian woman holds her daughter as she walks past the rubble of houses destroyed during the Israeli military offensive, amid Israel-Hamas conflict, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip July 10, 2024. REUTERSA Palestinian woman holds her daughter as she walks past the rubble of houses destroyed during the Israeli military offensive, amid Israel-Hamas conflict, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip July 10, 2024. REUTERS
Washington, which sponsors the talks, has repeatedly said a deal is close; the latest talks are over a proposal President Joe Biden unveiled in May.
Hamas wants a ceasefire agreement to end the war in Gaza, while Netanyahu says the conflict will stop only once Hamas is defeated. There are also disagreements over how a deal would be implemented.
Mediators Qatar and Egypt, backed by the U.S., have repeatedly said doors to more negotiations remain open, with both Israel and Hamas voicing readiness to pursue them.
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