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BREAKING: NO MORE NEGOTIATION ROUNDS OR NEW PROPOSALS.
Hamas rejects U.S. initiatives labeled as a "new round of negotiations" and demands that mediators present a plan to implement what was previously proposed to the movement and accepted.
Key points from Hamas's statement:
Hamas demands that mediators present a plan to implement what was agreed upon on 2/7/2024, based on Biden's vision and the UN Security Council resolution, and to hold the occupation accountable. They reject further negotiation rounds or new proposals that would only provide cover for the occupation's aggression and give it more time to continue its genocide against the Palestinian people.
Full statement:
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Regarding the "Trilateral Statement on Ceasefire Negotiations"
Since the beginning of the aggression, the Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas has been keen on ensuring the success of the efforts of our brothers, the mediators in Egypt and Qatar, to reach a ceasefire agreement and end the genocide against our people. The movement has affirmed its support for any effort that achieves the cessation of aggression.
Hamas has engaged in numerous rounds of negotiations and has shown all necessary flexibility and positivity to achieve the goals and interests of our people, to stop the bloodshed, and to halt the genocide against them. This would pave the way for a prisoner exchange process, provide relief to our people, allow the return of displaced persons, and rebuild what was destroyed by the aggression. In this context, the movement agreed to the mediators' proposal on May 6, 2024, and welcomed President Biden's announcement on May 31, 2024, as well as the related United Nations Security Council Resolution 2735. However, the enemy responded with rejection, continued massacres against our people, and reiterated its stance that it is not serious about a permanent ceasefire. Its aggressive actions against our people were practical evidence of this.
Despite our awareness, along with the mediators in Egypt and Qatar, of the true intentions and positions of the occupation and its Prime Minister, the movement responded to the latest agreement dated July 2, 2024. However, the enemy met this with new conditions that had not been raised throughout the negotiation process and escalated its aggression against our people, committing more massacres, culminating in the assassination of the movement's leader, the martyr Commander Ismail Haniyeh—may Allah have mercy on him—which confirmed its intentions to continue the aggression and not reach a ceasefire agreement.
Even after the announcement of the trilateral statement, the enemy committed a heinous crime, massacring displaced persons at the Al-Tabaeen School in the Al-Daraj neighborhood of Gaza as they performed the dawn prayer on Saturday, August 10, 2024. This led to the martyrdom of more than one hundred civilians and the injury of over 250 others.
In light of this, and from a position of concern and responsibility towards our people and their interests, the movement calls on the mediators to present a plan to implement what they proposed to the movement and which was agreed upon on July 2, 2024, based on Biden's vision and the Security Council resolution, and to compel the occupation to comply with it. This should be done instead of pursuing further rounds of negotiations or new proposals that provide cover for the occupation's aggression and grant it more time to continue its genocide against our people.
The Islamic Resistance Movement - Hamas
Sunday: 7th Safar 1446 AH
Corresponding to: August 11, 2024
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