Hamas and Islamic Jihad: No agreement with Israeli occupation without withdrawal from the Gaza Strip

DOHA, Aug. 22 (YPA) – The Palestinian groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad movement affirmed Wednesday their conditions for any agreement with Israel, including a halt to the Gaza war, a full Israeli withdrawal, reconstruction, ending the blockade and a serious prisoner exchange deal.

This came in a statement released by Hamas following a meeting that included Mohamed Ismail Darwish, the head of Hamas’s Shura Council, Islamic Jihad Secretary-General Ziad al-Nakhala, and his deputy Mohamed Hindi, in Doha, the capital of Qatar.

According to the statement, the two groups emphasized the need to ensure the rapid delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza regardless of the results of negotiations about ending the war.

The meeting underscored the necessity of stopping the Israeli aggression and war on Gaza, punishing the occupation leaders for their crimes against humanity, and reviewing field developments and the resilience of the resistance’s ability to strike throughout occupied Palestine.

Regarding the cease-fire negotiations, they reviewed the progress of indirect negotiations and the occupying power’s obstructive stance, which hinders the mediators’ efforts to reach a cease-fire and prisoner exchange agreement.

They stressed that any agreement must achieve a comprehensive halt to the aggression, a complete Israeli withdrawal from the sector, the start of reconstruction, ending the blockade, and a serious prisoner exchange deal.

They held the occupation leaders responsible for thwarting the efforts of the mediators (Qatar and Egypt) by insisting on continuing the aggression and denying what was agreed upon in previous stages, especially the proposal accepted by Hamas on July 2.

@E.Y.M