The group told the BBC that it still required a commitment to a permanent ceasefire.
  • AutoTL;DRBEnglish
    2•5 months ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    “The response prioritises the interests of our Palestinian people and emphasises the necessity of a complete halt to the ongoing aggression on Gaza,” Hamas and the PIJ said.

    Earlier on Tuesday US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had “reaffirmed his commitment” to the Gaza ceasefire plan and the world was waiting for the Hamas response.The proposal set out by President Biden last month involves an initial six-week ceasefire, with Hamas releasing some hostages in exchange for Israel releasing an undefined number of Palestinian prisoners.A second phase would see the remaining hostages released by Hamas and a total withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza as part of a “permanent” ceasefire, but the latter would still be subject to negotiations.The actual Israeli proposal - reportedly lengthier than the summary presented by Mr Biden - has not been made public and it is unclear whether it varies from what the president conveyed in his statement on 31 May.

    It was presented to Hamas days prior to Mr Biden’s speech.Mr Netanyahu has acknowledged his war cabinet has authorised the plan but has not voiced unequivocal support for it.

    As Mr Blinken met Israeli officials in Tel Aviv on Tuesday, protesters outside his hotel held American flags calling for an agreement.

    Many held pictures of hostages and chanted: “SOS, USA”, and “we trust you, Blinken, seal a deal”.Vicki Cohen, the mother of Nimrod Cohen, 19, an Israeli soldier who was kidnapped by Hamas on 7 October, held a banner showing his picture.She told the BBC: "We come here to ask Blinken and the USA government to help us, to save us from our government.

    He also announced $404 million in new aid for Palestinians, urging other countries to also “step up” assistance.The war began after Hamas attacked Israel on 7 October, killing about 1,200 people and taking 251 others back to Gaza as hostages.

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  • @slurpinderpin@lemmy.worldEnglish
    -8•5 months ago

    Usually terms that equate to “leave us alone so we can plan our next attack on you” would just be laughed at. But for some reason, since the other party is Israel, I guess they’re monsters if they don’t accept. Complete Hamas surrender or nothing. Gaza needs to be “dehamasafied” a la Berlin 1945 (copied my comment from another similar thread)

      • @slurpinderpin@lemmy.worldEnglish
        -9•5 months ago

        The US should probably lead that coalition. I don’t think the American political establishment has the will, or support, to do that however. We’ll see

        • nocturneEnglish
          2•5 months ago

          The U.S. needs to stay out of the Middle East. We have f’d it up enough over there.

            • nocturneEnglish
              3•5 months ago

              You have very limited, or perhaps zero, knowledge of how American foreign policy actually functions.

              We assassinate a leader we do not like, then install our own puppet leader, the populace ends up hating our installed leader. This causes decades of resentment and extremist factions, then we go to war with those factions in the name of freedom. Rinse and repeat until we have messed up the entire world.