Hamas: the resistance still holds some cards and able to use them to force the Israelis to respect the agreemen

WSET BANK, Feb. 23 (YPA) -The acting head of Hamas in the West Bank, Zaher Jabarin, confirmed that “the resistance still holds some cards and will not hesitate to use them to force the Israelis to respect the agreement.”

Jabarin stated in remarks to Al Jazeera on Saturday evening, ‘We are working with mediators in Qatar and Egypt to resolve the pending issues in the agreement.'”

He added that Hamas had informed the mediators that it stands ready to engage in the second phase of the ceasefire agreement and to exchange prisoners in one go.

“If the Israeli occupation wants to exchange prisoners all at once, we are ready for that,” Jabarin stressed, accusing Israeli jailers of abusing the Palestinian prisoners before releasing them.

“The enemy will not find any mediator or sponsor later if it keeps violating the agreement and refuses to hand over our prisoners,” Jabarin affirmed.

Jabarin called on the mediators to pressure the Israeli government to abide by the agreement, asserting that the Palestinian resistance.

“Our Movement and the mediators in Qatar and Egypt are seeking to resolve the outstanding issues,” Jabarin said.

Jabarin highlighted that the goals that his Movement wants to achieve only serve the Palestinian people, adding that his Movement had been negotiating for 15 months for a halt to the war and the Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip.

“The resistance treats the enemy’s prisoners with an unprecedented level of humanity, but they (Israelis) respond to such a behavior with brutality,” the Hamas official said.

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