DOHA/GAZA: The Palestinian militant group Hamas stated on Tuesday (Feb 6) it had delivered its response to a proposed ceasefire deal for Gaza that would also involve the release of hostages, and the US stated it nonetheless believed an settlement was attainable.
No particulars of the response have been instantly obtainable.
The Israeli prime minister’s workplace stated late on Tuesday that the main points of the Hamas response have been being “totally evaluated by the officers concerned within the negotiations”.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, on a lightning tour of the Center East, stated Washington was reviewing the Hamas response and that he would talk about it with Israeli officers when he visits the nation on Wednesday.
Nonetheless US President Joe Biden, whereas acknowledging “some motion” on a deal, described the Hamas response as “slightly excessive”, with out elaborating. “We’re undecided the place it’s. There’s persevering with negotiations proper now,” he stated in Washington.
In Doha, Blinken stated, “There’s nonetheless loads of work to do be finished, however we proceed to imagine that an settlement is feasible, and certainly important.” He spoke at a information convention with Qatari Prime Minister and Overseas Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani after Hamas delivered its response.
Sheikh Mohammed described the Hamas response as “optimistic” general but additionally declined to offer any particulars.
In its assertion Hamas stated it had “handled the proposal in a optimistic spirit, guaranteeing a complete and full ceasefire, ending the aggression in opposition to our folks, guaranteeing aid, shelter, and reconstruction, lifting the siege on the Gaza Strip, and attaining a prisoner swap”. A Hamas official who requested to not be recognized reiterated to Reuters earlier on Tuesday that the Palestinian militant motion wouldn’t permit any hostage releases with out ensures that the battle would and Israeli forces go away Gaza.