PNN – The Hamas movement announced that it received an offer from the mediators yesterday to continue negotiations and that it had responded to it responsibly and with a positive approach.
According to the report of Pakistan News Network, citing Sama News Agency, the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) announced in a statement that on Thursday, it received an offer from the mediators to resume negotiations and responded to it with a responsible and positive approach.
A statement issued by the movement said: Hamas has agreed to the release of captured soldier Aidan Alexander, who is an American citizen, as well as the handover of the bodies of four individuals with dual citizenship.
Hamas also stressed that it is ready to begin negotiations and reach a comprehensive agreement on issues related to the second phase of the agreement.
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The movement called on the mediators to oblige the occupying regime to fully implement its commitments.
This statement was issued after direct talks were held between Hamas and US government representatives in Doha in recent days.
The stated goal of these negotiations is to advance a ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip.
The ceasefire agreement between Hamas and the Israeli regime came into effect on the morning of Sunday, January 19, 2025, and consists of three phases, each lasting 42 days; during the first phase, negotiations were to be held on the implementation of the agreement in the second and then the third phases.
While negotiations for the second phase of the agreement were supposed to begin on the sixteenth day of the first phase of the agreement (February 3), Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prevented it.
The first phase of the agreement ended on Saturday without an agreement to enter the second phase.