A Hamas leader said on Friday, "The truce proposals do not meet our people's demands and needs in providing security, relief, and reconstruction, nor even opening the crossings, especially the Rafah crossing."
The leader added in a statement to Al Jazeera, "The movement heard from Egypt and Qatar ideas about a truce for specific days, increasing aid, and a partial exchange of prisoners."
He stressed that the proposals do not include a permanent cessation of aggression, a withdrawal of the occupation from the Gaza Strip, or the return of the displaced. He said, "We have confirmed our people's demand for a permanent ceasefire, withdrawal from the Strip, the return of the displaced, and the lifting of the siege."
The leader also stressed that Hamas is open to any ideas or negotiations to achieve these goals and implement UN Security Council Resolution 2735, stressing the need to provide the necessities of life, reconstruction and achieving an exchange that includes alleviating the suffering of Palestinian prisoners.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi announced last Sunday that his country had proposed an initiative for a temporary ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, starting with two days to exchange four Israeli prisoners for some Palestinian prisoners, then within 10 days negotiations would take place to transform the temporary truce into a permanent one and a complete ceasefire.
Qatar, Egypt and the United States have been mediating between Israel and Hamas in talks for months, and the negotiations stopped last August without reaching an agreement.
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Hamas: Truce proposals do not meet our people's demands