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Wed 06 Dec 2023 9:49 pm - Jerusalem Time
Hamas Leader Haniyeh: We are ready to resume negotiations and exchange all prisoners if Israeli war on Gaza stops
The head of the Hamas political bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, confirmed the movement’s readiness to resume negotiations to exchange all prisoners and reach a comprehensive deal if the Israeli attack on Gaza stops.
But Haniyeh stressed, in an interview with Cairo News Channel, today (Wednesday), that Hamas will not negotiate in light of the Israeli massacres and massacres.
He said: "There is an unprecedented catastrophe at the humanitarian and health levels in Gaza, in light of the policy of suffocation, starvation, and deprivation of the northern Gaza Strip from aid and relief."
He pointed out that the level at which the United Nations works is neither acceptable nor sufficient, and is not commensurate with the scale of the humanitarian tragedy that the sector is going through.
Haniyeh accused Israel of not fulfilling its obligations regarding the exchange of prisoners and detainees, stressing that Hamas respected its pledges regarding the issue of women and children.
In addition, Haniyeh said, “The battle in Gaza is unprecedented, and carried great goals on the size of the Palestinian issue, and on the size of the nature of the conflict that took place between us and this occupation.”
He added: "I can say that a number of goals were accomplished before this battle ended, including, for example, the return of the Palestine issue to the forefront of the world and the forefront of regional and international discussion, after it had declined before this battle in the scale of attention for reasons that time does not permit to list."
He explained that one of the goals that were achieved in this heroic operation was that it struck the concept that this army is considered a legendary and invincible army, despite the great difference in the size of the force, equipment, and equipment that the Israeli army possesses.
He pointed out that “the third goal is to restore respect to the Palestinian issue in its Arab, Islamic and humanitarian dimension, and we followed how our official Arab system, in more than one meeting, whether the international summit in Cairo, the Islamic summit, or the Arab-Islamic summit held in Saudi Arabia, the issue of Palestine was a priority.” All the leaders in these conferences, and these goals have a strategic dimension, carry a specific and clear message: that the Palestinian people want freedom for their land, and to live in dignity on this land, and it is time for the historical injustice to which they have been exposed, from the Nakba until now, to end.
Haniyeh pointed out that since the beginning of this aggression, the Israeli enemy has deliberately attacked all hospitals in northern Gaza, besieged all hospitals in southern Gaza, prevented the entry of medicines and fuel into hospitals, targeted medical staff, and arrested dozens of health system workers.
He explained that in addition to the heinous massacre committed by the occupation in the Baptist Hospital, it can be said that all hospitals in the northern Gaza Strip are out of service, pointing out that the Shifa Medical Complex is not working now, not at a fifth of the capacity, and the insane targeting of the Indonesian Hospital and the massacre of Kamal Adwan Hospital and Al-Awda Hospital, In addition to what hospitals in the southern Gaza Strip are being exposed to, we are facing an unprecedented catastrophe on the humanitarian and health levels, with the northern Gaza Strip being deprived of access to aid and relief operations, including health and medical needs.”
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Hamas Leader Haniyeh: We are ready to resume negotiations and exchange all prisoners if Israeli war on Gaza stops