A recent ceasefire proposal presented by Egypt to Hamas has reportedly failed to make headway, according to a senior Hamas official cited by Qatar’s Al Jazeera network. The proposal, delivered to the Hamas delegation during their visit to Cairo in recent days, outlined a 45-day ceasefire in Gaza, during which half of the 59 remaining hostages would be released in the first week. The remainder — including both living captives and the bodies of deceased hostages — would be handed over on the 45th day.
The Egyptian-mediated proposal included a stipulation that any agreement to end the war would require negotiations on the disarmament of Hamas. The senior terror official said the group firmly rejected that condition, asserting that disarmament is non-negotiable and that Hamas would only consider an agreement centered on a permanent end to the war, not on surrendering its weapons.
In a further development, Arabic-language media reported that the Hamas delegation, which had been in Cairo since Friday, has since departed, casting additional doubt on the prospects for a near-term truce.
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hamas will only make concessions when they’re faced with annihilation. for now, they’re playing for time, and hoping the americans will wring more “goodwill gestures” out of israel, as the obama-biden administration had always done.