JERUSALEM: Israel on Thursday (Jan 16) accused Hamas of backtracking on components of the Gaza ceasefire deal announced a day earlier, and stated the Cupboard is not going to meet on the deal till Hamas’ settlement is confirmed.
“Hamas has reneged on components of the settlement reached with the mediators and Israel in an effort to extort last-minute concessions,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s workplace stated in an announcement, including the state of affairs created a “final minute disaster”.
It didn’t specify which components of the deal have been at challenge.
The assertion added that the Israeli Cupboard, which has but to approve the settlement, “is not going to convene till the mediators notify Israel that Hamas has accepted all components of the settlement”.
Key mediator Qatar stated Wednesday that Israel and Palestinian Islamist motion Hamas had agreed to a ceasefire in Gaza beginning on Sunday, together with a hostage and prisoner trade after greater than 15 months of conflict.
The USA additionally introduced the deal, which largely reproduces the framework of a blueprint offered by President Joe Biden in Might 2024.
Thirty-three Israeli hostages will probably be launched within the first, 42-day, part of the settlement, Qatar’s Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani stated.
