DaysofPal- The head of the Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip, Khalil al-Hayya, announced on Tuesday, the Movement’s “readiness for immediate engagement in negotiations to implement the terms of the second phase:
We emphasize that the Hamas Movement and the resistance are ready for immediate engagement in negotiations to implement the terms of the second phase, al-Hayya said in a televised speech.
The Hamas leader detailed the terms as follows: complete ceasefire and achieving a sustained calm, the full withdrawal of the Israeli occupation forces from the Gaza Strip, and finalizing the prisoner exchange deal.
We also emphasize the need to secure all of this with binding international guarantees, as stipulated in UN Security Council Resolution 2735, he clarified.
He further said that the Hamas Movement and the resistance have demonstrated their seriousness in implementing the agreement with full responsibility. Meanwhile, the Israeli occupation and Netanyahu’s government have responded to this commitment with procrastination and attempts to evade the agreement’s implementation, particularly its humanitarian aspects.
“We continue to work tirelessly, day and night, across all fronts, especially with the mediators—Qatar and Egypt—to compel the Israeli occupation to uphold the terms agreed upon in the first phase.”
Al-Hayya pointed out that the resistance will hand over four bodies of Israeli captives on Thursday, February 20, including the bodies of the “Bibas” family in exchange for the release of a corresponding number of Palestinian prisoners on Saturday, February 22, by the Israeli occupation as per the agreement. The remaining agreed-upon bodies will be handed over in the first phase during the sixth week.
The Palestinian resistance will also release the remaining six living Israeli captives, agreed upon in the first phase, on Saturday, February 22. Among them are the prisoners Hisham al-Sayed and Avera Mengistu. In return, the Israeli occupation is to release an equivalent number of Palestinian prisoners as per the agreement.
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