Hamas: Miami talks must lead to stopping Israeli violations

The Hamas leader, Bassem Naim, said today, Friday, that the talks scheduled in Miami to move to the second phase of the ceasefire agreement in Gaza must lead to stopping Israeli violations.

He quoted Naim as saying that "the Palestinian people expect from these talks that the attendees agree to put an end to the ongoing Israeli rampage, stop all violations and breaches, and oblige the occupation to the requirements of the Sharm el-Sheikh agreement."

The member of the Hamas Political Bureau expressed hope that the talks would lead to obliging Israel "to the requirements of the Sharm el-Sheikh agreement, foremost among them the clauses related to humanitarian conditions, entry of aid, opening the Rafah crossing in both directions, and introducing all reconstruction and infrastructure rehabilitation needs."

The Hamas leader also emphasized the necessity for the discussions during these meetings to include "how to implement what remains of the Trump plan, in a way that achieves sustainable stability, launches a comprehensive reconstruction process, and establishes a political path through which the Palestinian governs himself, ending with an independent state with full sovereignty."

"Political Marathon"

The United States is hosting talks in Miami, Florida, today, where the special envoy of President Donald Trump, Steve Witkoff, is expected to meet senior officials from the mediating countries Qatar, Egypt, and Turkey, to advance the second phase of the agreement.

The Axios website quoted a White House official and two other sources as saying that Steve Witkoff will meet today, Friday, in Miami with Qatar's Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, and Foreign Ministers Turkish Hakan Fidan and Egyptian Badr Abdel Ati to discuss the next phase of the Gaza agreement.

American media describe the Miami meeting as a "political marathon," and said it is an attempt to prevent the return of war in Gaza and to save the entire peace plan, which they see as approaching imminent collapse.

As for the New York Times, it sees a kind of evasion of the commitments of the second phase, according to what journalist Abdul Rahman Yusuf reported.

Yusuf explained in his talk from Washington that from the perspective of American journalism, Hamas is evading the disarmament issue, while Israel is evading the abolition of the buffer zones idea and the gradual withdrawal from the entire sector.

Egyptian call to stop breaching the agreement

Meanwhile, Egypt - which plays the role of mediator between Israel and Hamas - affirms that it is pushing for a quick implementation of the second phase of the war ceasefire agreement in Gaza.

Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdel Ati said that speed of implementation is necessary to achieve all elements of the agreement, but he emphasized at the same time the need to take steps to stop ceasefire violations.

Abdel Ati affirmed in a press conference in Cairo the "importance of the international community assuming its responsibilities and exerting real and effective pressures to stop all violations that occur daily to the ceasefire agreement."

Qatar and Egypt, which act as mediators and guarantors for the ceasefire in Gaza, have recently urged the transition to the next phase of US President Donald Trump's plan.

Amid these calls, the Israeli army continues its violations of the ceasefire in Gaza, the latest of which was launching air raids and artillery shelling this morning, Friday, on several areas of the sector.

The scene was not limited to direct targeting, but also included intense hovering of Israeli drones, which have not left the skies of the sector since the start of the war, and continued even after the ceasefire entered into force.