Hamas official says group will not agree to truce that does not end Gaza war

A senior Hamas official insisted late yesterday that the group would not agree under any circumstances to a truce in Gaza that did not explicitly include a complete end to the war. — AFP picJERUSALEM, May 5 — A senior Hamas official insisted late yesterday that the group would “not agree under any circumstances” to a truce in Gaza that did not explicitly include a complete end to the war.

“There will be no agreement without a complete cessation of the war and the withdrawal of the occupation from the entire Gaza Strip.”A high-level Israeli official said earlier Saturday that Hamas’s failure to give up its demand to end the war was “thwarting the possibility of reaching an agreement”. Despite months of shuttle diplomacy between the warring parties, the mediators have been unable to broker a new truce like the week-long ceasefire that saw 105 hostages released last November, the Israelis among them in exchange for Palestinians held by Israel.“Hamas has requested that the agreement include a clear and explicit provision stating, ‘Agreement on a complete and permanent ceasefire,’ and so far Israel has rejected this point until now,” the official said.

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