Hamas criticizes Netanyahu for seeking temporary ceasefire to free hostages and continue bombing Gaza

June 24 (EUROPA PRESS) –

The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) has criticized this Sunday the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, who has shown his intention to reach an agreement that allows the release of the hostages but that does not “leave Hamas intact”, something that the Palestinian group has taken it as a way of wanting to “resume the war” once the kidnapped people have returned to Israeli territory.

“We condemn Netanyahu’s statements confirming the continuation of the war of extermination against civilians in the Gaza Strip and his search for a partial agreement to recover some prisoners and resume the war,” Hamas said in a statement reported by the Palestinian newspaper. ‘Filastín’.

After that, he insisted that his conditions for an agreement are a permanent ceasefire and the Israeli withdrawal from the enclave, which would “block Netanyahu’s evasion maneuvers.”

The group has also once again called on the international community to pressure Israel to cease its operations, while urging the United States to stop supporting “genocide” and the “crimes of the occupation.”

A few hours earlier, Netanyahu stated during an interview with Israeli television Channel 14 that the third phase of the war in Gaza was about to end in order to send more forces to the north for a possible confrontation with the Lebanese Shiite militia party Hezbollah. also showing his willingness to close an agreement that allows the return of the hostages but without leaving Hamas “intact.”

After the Association of Families of Israeli Hostages in Gaza criticized the Israeli president for believing that he is abandoning the hostages, the Prime Ministry Office has stressed that the Army will recover the hostages “dead or alive” and that it is Hamas “who is against the deal,” all after Netanyahu’s own words contradicted the deal proposal outlined by US President Joe Biden and supposedly coming from the Israeli side.

This initiative includes a provisional ceasefire in a first phase that in the second would lead to “sustainable calm with the permanent cessation of military operations and hostilities.” The third and final phase includes a multi-year reconstruction plan for the Gaza Strip.