Khalil Al-Hayya: The occupation's withdrawal from the negotiations round is a blatant move to waste time.

Khalil al-Hayya, head of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, said that the Israeli Chief of Staff is covering up his army's failure to carry out genocide in Gaza. He pointed out that the Israeli withdrawal from the negotiations is a transparent move aimed at wasting time and further genocide in Gaza.

Al-Hayya said the movement had engaged in arduous negotiations and offered all possible flexibility that did not conflict with our people's principles, stressing that the movement had responded to mediators at every stage with regard to the proposals they were offered.

He pointed out that in the last round of negotiations, they achieved clear progress and largely agreed with what the mediators had offered on the issues of withdrawal, detainees, and aid.

Al-Hayya added that they were surprised by the occupation's withdrawal from the negotiations, pointing to its alignment with US envoy Steve Witkoff.