CAIRO: Exiled Hamas chief Khalil Al-Hayya said on Thursday the group has received guarantees from the United States, Arab mediators, and Turkiye that the war in Gaza has permanently ended.
Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas signed an agreement on Thursday to cease fire and free Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, in the first phase of US President Donald Trump’s initiative to end the two-year war in Gaza that has upended the Middle East.
Under the deal, fighting will cease, Israel will partially withdraw from Gaza, and Hamas will free all remaining 48 hostages it captured in the attack that precipitated the war, in exchange for prisoners held by Israel. At the White House, Trump said he believed it would lead to “lasting peace.” Hamas is expected to release the 20 living hostages together, 72 hours after the ceasefire begins.
Hayya, who survived an attempt by Israel to kill him and other Hamas leaders in Qatar a month ago, said the agreement Hamas signed with Israel ends the war in Gaza, opens a key crossing with Egypt, and sees the release by Israel of all jailed Palestinian women and children.
In addition, Israel will release 250 Palestinians serving long terms in Israeli prisons, as well as 1,700 others who have been arrested since the war erupted on October 7, 2023, Hayya said.
Hamas chief: group received guarantees from mediators, US confirming Gaza war ended
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Hamas chief: group received guarantees from mediators, US confirming Gaza war ended
- Hamas will free all remaining 48 Israeli hostages it captured
- Israel will release 250 Palestinians serving long terms in Israeli prisons
Hamas says UN Gaza resolution does not meet Palestinians’ rights
- The UN Security Council voted earlier Monday in favor of a US-drafted resolution bolstering President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan that includes the deployment of an international force and a path to a future Palestinian state
- The statement decried the establishment of an international force whose “mission includes the disarmament” of Palestinian groups in Gaza
GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories : Gaza’s Hamas rulers said they rejected Monday’s UN resolution which calls for an international force to be deployed in the territory, saying it fails to respect the “demands and rights” of the Palestinians.
“This resolution does not meet the level of our Palestinian people’s political and humanitarian demands and rights,” the Islamist militant group said in a statement.
The statement also decried the establishment of an international force whose “mission includes the disarmament” of Palestinian groups in Gaza.
“The resolution imposes an international trusteeship on the Gaza Strip, which our people, its forces, and its constituent groups reject,” the statement continued.
The UN Security Council voted earlier Monday in favor of a US-drafted resolution bolstering President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan that includes the deployment of an international force and a path to a future Palestinian state.
There were 13 votes in favor of the text, which Washington heralded after the vote as “historic and constructive,” with only Russia and China abstaining — but no vetoes.
