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In a statement on Sunday, the Gaza-based resistance group highlighted that the Israeli regime is \u201cblatantly attempting\u201d to \u201cevade\u201d talks for the second phase of the ceasefire agreement.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe statement issued by the office of the terrorist [Israeli] occupation Prime Minister Netanyahu, regarding his alleged approval of American proposals to extend the first phase of the agreement under arrangements that violate the ceasefire agreement in Gaza, is a blatant attempt to evade the agreement and avoid entering negotiations for its second phase,\u201d read he statement, according to PressTV.<\/p>\n
As the 42-day first phase of the previously agreed ceasefire came to an end on Saturday, Netanyahu\u2019s office unilaterally announced that Israel will adopt the proposal by US President Donald Trump\u2019s envoy, Steve Witkoff, for an extension of the first phase of the ceasefire in Gaza for the Ramadan and Passover periods<\/p>\n
\u201cWe affirm that the only way for the [Israeli] occupation to recover its prisoners is to abide by the agreement and immediately enter negotiations for the second phase while fulfilling its obligations,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n
As part of the initial phase of the ceasefire agreement, over 2,000 Palestinian abductees, were held illegally in Israeli prisons and detention centers in exchange for 25 Israeli captives and the remains of eight others.<\/p>\n
Israeli authorities claim that 27 captives remain in captivity within the Gaza Strip, and 32 bodies have yet to be recovered.<\/p>\n
Hamas called on the US administration to end its \u201cbias\u201d and \u201calignment\u201d with the \u201cfascist plans of war criminal Netanyahu, which target our people and their very existence on their land.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hams, in its statement, also criticized Israel\u2019s \u201cdaily\u201d and \u201csystematic violations\u201d of the ceasefire that have resulted in the killing of over 100 Palestinians in Gaza, the obstruction of humanitarian protocols, the prevention of shelter and aid supplies, and the deepening of the humanitarian catastrophe in the Strip.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe urge mediators to pressure the occupation into fulfilling its commitments under the agreement, ensuring the implementation of the humanitarian protocol, and allowing the entry of shelter materials and rescue equipment into Gaza,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n
On Saturday, Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem also rejected Israel\u2019s proposal to extend the first phase of the ceasefire in Gaza, calling on the international community to pressure Tel Aviv to proceed to the second phase of the deal as originally planned.<\/p>\n
\u201cExtending the first phase of the deal in the form proposed by Israel is unacceptable\u201d to the resistance group,\u00a0Qassem said, adding that the occupying regime bears full responsibility for the failure to begin negotiations on the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire.<\/p>\n
The\u00a0Hamas spokesman said the Israeli regime is evading its commitment to ending the war and fully withdrawing from Gaza, adding that it \u201cis trying to reset matters to square one by shuffling the cards with its proposal to extend the first phase.\u201d<\/p>\n
Israel launched a genocidal war on the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023, after Hamas carried out a historic operation against the usurping entity in retaliation for its intensified atrocities against the Palestinian people.<\/p>\n
The Tel Aviv regime failed to achieve its declared objectives of freeing captives and eliminating Hamas despite killing at least 48,348 Palestinians, mostly women and children, in Gaza.<\/p>\n
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