US pressured Hamas to accept ceasefire terms
Osama Hamdan, the leader of Hamas, has said that the United States pressured Hamas to accept the ceasefire agreement.
Osama Hamdan, a senior Hamas leader based in Lebanon, said the Palestinian group was still ready to discuss any ceasefire proposal that would end the nearly nine-month conflict.
Speaking at a news conference in Beirut, he said that once again, Hamas was ready to respond positively to any proposal that would ensure a permanent ceasefire, a comprehensive withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, and a serious exchange agreement. .
He made it clear that no progress has been made in ceasefire talks with Israel over the war on Gaza as tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets of Tel Aviv to demand the government release prisoners and make a deal. have been.
Efforts by Arab mediators, backed by the United States, have so far failed to end the war, with both sides blaming each other for the stalemate.
Hamas says any deal requires an end to the war and a complete Israeli withdrawal from Gaza. Israel says it will accept only a temporary pause in the fighting until Hamas, which has ruled Gaza since 2007, is "eliminated."