The ceasefire took impact on January 19 after greater than 15 months of struggle sparked by Hamas’s October 7, 2023 assault on Israel, the deadliest within the nation’s historical past.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had despatched a delegation to Cairo, and mediator Egypt mentioned “intensive talks” on the second part had begun with the presence of delegations from Israel in addition to fellow mediators Qatar and the USA.
However by Saturday, there was no signal of consensus, and Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem mentioned the group rejected “the extension of the primary part within the formulation proposed by the occupation (Israel)”.
He referred to as on mediators “to oblige the occupation to abide by the settlement in its varied levels”.
Referring to a post-war Gaza, Hamas mentioned it was “totally ready to take care of any choice that’s agreed upon by the Palestinians” however mentioned it “categorically” rejected “the try to impose any non-Palestinian tasks or types of administration or the presence of any international forces on any territory of the Gaza Strip”.
