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Senior Hamas official says the group is ready to deal with Israel

Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, which controls In fact The Gaza Strip is open to a deal with Israel, as long as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “maintains his commitment to what has already been agreed,” a senior organization official says.

“Our demands are clear and known, and an agreement can be reached, as long as Netanyahu maintains his commitment to what was previously agreed upon,” said Hussam Badran, a member of Hamas’s political bureau and head of its national relations office. ” A statement published and quoted by the Palestinian Shehab news agency israel time

The statement was issued after Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Sunday that his country has proposed imposing a 48-hour ceasefire in Gaza in which Hamas would release four Israeli hostages in exchange for the release of several Palestinian prisoners. Will do. Al-Sisi made the announcement on the same day that Mossad chief David Barnia arrived in Qatar to take part in new talks on the prospects of a hostage exchange for Palestinian prisoners held in Israel and a ceasefire in Gaza.

Hamas does not directly participate in the talks, but the group has its own political office in Doha and communicates with Qatar and Egypt, who mediate with the United States between that group and Israel. The new talks follow US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s eleventh visit to the Middle East since the start of the war in Gaza, which has taken advantage of the death of Hamas leader Yahia Sinwar to call for a resumption of talks. Negotiate and end the war. (efe)