…& here we are again in the cease-fire agreement that nobody agrees with:
Hamas proposes to change the agreement back to their original position 10 failed agreement ago it seems.
This is the Hamas (& Friends) starting point before any other negotiations, etc…
Oh well. Same old same old…& maybe eventually they can all get back to the place they were at Oct 6th, 2024. Negotiators from the U.S., Egypt and Qatar have tried for months to mediate a ceasefire and free the hostages, more than 100 of whom are believed to remain captive in Gaza.
Izzat al-Rishq, a member of Hamas' political bureau, said its formal response to a U.S. ceasefire
proposal outlined by U.S. President Joe Biden on May 31 was "responsible, serious and positive" and "opens up a wide pathway" for an accord.
But an Israeli official said on Tuesday, on condition of anonymity, that Israel had received the answer via the mediators and that Hamas "changed all of the main and most meaningful parameters" and "rejected the proposal for a hostage release".
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday that Hamas had proposed numerous changes, some unworkable, to a U.S.-backed proposal for a ceasefire with Israel in Gaza, but that mediators were determined to close the gaps.
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