Canberra Times / AAP | 4 March 2025
Please God bring Peace to this troubled area – Mark
Palestinian militant group Hamas says Israel is trying to push things back to square one by asking to extend the first phase of their Gaza Strip ceasefire agreement.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said on Sunday it had adopted a proposal by US President Donald Trump’s envoy for a temporary ceasefire in the Gaza Strip for the Ramadan and Passover periods ending about April 20, hours after the first phase of the previously agreed deal expired.
The truce would be conditional on Hamas releasing half of the remaining living and dead hostages on the first day, with the remainder released at the conclusion if an agreement is reached on a permanent ceasefire.
“The occupation is pushing to return things to square one and overturn the agreement through the alternatives it is proposing,” senior Hamas official Osama Hamdan said in a news conference.
“The mediators and guarantors bear full responsibility for preventing Netanyahu from sabotaging all efforts made to reach the agreement and for protecting the agreement from collapsing,” Hamdan said.
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