Hamas is set to reject on Sunday evening the Gaza hostage and ceasefire deal proposed in Paris last week, Saudi outlet Al-Arabiya reported.
According to the report, the terror organization is set to demand an increase in the number of Palestinian terrorists released from Israeli prisons.
Later, KAN, citing a Hamas source speaking to Al-Quds newspaper, reported that for the time being, it is Hamas’s position that the beginning of a deal has not been reached. The source went on to add that Hamas maintained its insistence that the IDF withdraw from Gaza and provide Hamas with certain guarantees to end the war.
Reportedly, Hamas’s official response to the hostage deal will not come on Sunday evening.
This article fails to clarify that the ceasefire is for two months and not a permanent ceasefire. Hamas has already agreed to release all the hostages for a full ceasefire.
Israel wants the hostages returned only if they can continue their bombing campaigns after the pause