Netanyahu 'Stalling' Gaza Truce Deal
Date
7/29/2024 11:06:57 PM
(MENAFN- Gulf Times) Palestinian resistance movement Hamas yesterday again accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of delaying a Gaza ceasefire and hostage exchange deal.
It said he had set new conditions that mark a“retreat” from an earlier draft.
The statement came after Egyptian, Qatari and US mediators met with Israeli negotiators in Rome on Sunday as international pressure for a ceasefire grows after more than nine months of war.
US President Joe Biden outlined in late May what he called an Israeli initiative for a truce and hostage release deal, and this has become the basis for subsequent talks.
A source said Israel had“moved the goalposts” with three new requests.
Yesterday Netanyahu's office said“Hamas leadership is preventing an agreement” and denied Israel had made changes to the draft outline.
The source said Israel had requested its forces remain in the Philadelphi corridor, a 14-km stretch along the Gaza-Egypt border, and that it controls the return of displaced Gazan civilians to the north of the Palestinian territory.
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