Hamas: Netanyahu is wasting time and obstructing any agreement.
Following the continuation of the Zionist regime’s deceptions and obstructions in the Gaza ceasefire and prisoner exchange negotiations, Mahmoud Mardavi, a prominent leader of the Hamas movement, announced that we have no problem reaching a comprehensive agreement that will lead to the release of all prisoners, but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of the occupation regime is deliberately obstructing the negotiations.
Netanyahu seeks to waste time and prolong the war
In an interview with Al Jazeera, Mahmoud Mardavi stated: Netanyahu did not directly respond to the ceasefire proposal agreed upon with the mediators and the American side, but rather issued contradictory statements to waste time.
The Hamas leader emphasized: Netanyahu is trying to continue the war and prevent any ceasefire agreement. Hamas has accepted the proposals presented by the mediators, but Netanyahu has refused to send his delegation to participate in the negotiations and continues his policy of evasion.
Mahmoud Mardawi stated: Hamas is not opposed to any formula that leads to a ceasefire, the release of prisoners from both sides, and guarantees the entry of aid into Gaza and the reconstruction of the strip from a Palestinian perspective.
The Hamas leader said: The Israeli Channel 10 TV has documented in its reports that Netanyahu has thwarted efforts to reach an agreement five times, and the US State Department itself has acknowledged that Netanyahu has prevented any agreement and is insisting on prolonging the war.
The international community must fulfill its responsibility against the occupation’s crimes
Mahmoud Mardavi stated: The Zionist occupiers are pursuing a systematic policy of starvation and deprivation against the people of Gaza, and Israel Katz, the occupation’s Minister of Defense, and other officials have explicitly announced the adoption of this strategy.
He added: The Zionists are preventing aid convoys from entering Gaza and preventing the distribution of aid. They have established an institution called the Gaza Humanitarian Organization, which is in fact a terrorist organization that massacres innocent people who seek help.
Mahmoud Mardawi stressed: The occupiers have bombed food stores, water wells, and all infrastructure, and targeted civilians who had gathered to receive meager aid, and these actions have exacerbated the humanitarian disaster in Gaza.
Referring to the UN report that officially declared a famine in Gaza, he stated: This requires full condemnation of the occupiers who use hunger as a weapon to blackmail the Palestinians and gain political concessions.