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GAZA. – Hamas has announced that it has informed mediators of its readiness to reach a “full agreement,” including a comprehensive hostages-prisoners exchange deal, if Israel stops its war in the Gaza Strip, according to a statement from the Gaza-ruling Palestinian faction.
Hamas said it has showed flexibility and positivity in response to the efforts of the mediators throughout all previous indirect negotiating rounds, but Israel used these negotiations “as a cover for the continuation of aggression” against the Palestinian people, citing military operations in Rafah and seizure of the crossing as evidence.
Hamas and other Palestinian factions will not accept to be part of this policy by continuing negotiations in light of “aggression, killing, siege, starvation and genocide of our people,” it added.
Israeli public broadcaster Kan reported last week that Israel had handed over a document with the Israeli proposal to Qatar and Egypt to resume negotiations for the exchange of detainees with Hamas and a ceasefire in Gaza.
The last round of indirect negotiations between Israel and Hamas, hosted by Egypt for two days earlier this month, stalled after the Israeli attack on Rafah city in southern Gaza Strip.
Hamas’s inclination to seek an agreement came amid continued fighting in Rafah city despite international condemnations of the Israeli attack.
Meanwhile, Iranian caretaker Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani yesterday called for convening an emergency ministerial meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation to take collective steps against the Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip.
“Islamic countries must adopt a joint movement to confront the Israeli aggression and protect Palestinian people,” he said following a meeting in Beirut with his Lebanese counterpart Abdallah Bou Habib, according to the Lebanese National News Agency.
This marks the first diplomatic visit by Bagheri Kani after his predecessor died in a helicopter crash last month.
Bagheri Kani said the close relationship between Iran and Lebanon is a significant indicator of regional stability.
“Iran has always been a supporter of Lebanon’s stability, safety, security, and progress and has spared no effort to promote the well-being of the Lebanese people,” he said. – Xinhua.
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