By Nidal al-Mughrabi
Hamas’ performing Gaza chief Khalil al-Hayya mentioned in an interview with Al-Aqsa TV launched on Wednesday that there could be no hostages-for-prisoners swap take care of Israel until the warfare within the Palestinian enclave ended.
“With out an finish to the warfare, there will be no prisoner swap,” Hayya mentioned in a televised interview with the group’s Al-Aqsa tv channel, reiterating the group’s place on find out how to carry the warfare to an finish.
“If the aggression is just not ended, why would the resistance and particularly Hamas, return the prisoners (hostages)?” he mentioned. “How would a sane or an insane individual lose a robust card he owns whereas the warfare is constant?”
Hayya, who led the group’s negotiating group in talks with Qatari and Egyptian mediators, blamed the dearth of progress on Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who in flip holds the Islamist group accountable for the stalled talks.
“There are contacts below means with some nations and mediators to revive this file (negotiation). We’re able to proceed with these efforts however it’s extra essential to see an actual will on the aspect of the occupation to finish the aggression,” mentioned Hayya.
“The truth proves that Netanyahu is the one who undermines it (negotiations),” he added.
Talking throughout a go to to Gaza on Tuesday, Netanyahu mentioned that Hamas wouldn’t rule the Palestinian enclave after the warfare had ended and that Israel had destroyed the Islamist group’s navy capabilities.
Netanyahu additionally mentioned Israel had not given up attempting to find the 101 remaining hostages believed to be nonetheless within the enclave, and he provided a $5 million reward for the return of every one.
Hamas desires a deal that ends the warfare and sees the discharge of Israeli and overseas hostages held captive in Gaza in addition to Palestinians jailed by Israel, whereas Netanyahu vowed the warfare can solely finish as soon as Hamas is eradicated.
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