Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected a three-phase deal proposed by US President Joe Biden. He said the war in Gaza will not end until the military and administrative power of Hamas is destroyed.
This information was reported in a report of the Times of Israel on Saturday (June 1).
According to the report, Netanyahu also said that Israel’s view on the cessation of hostilities has not yet changed. The terms for ending the war remain unchanged. And that is, the military and administrative power of Hamas must be destroyed. Captive Israelites must return to their relatives. Thus, Gaza must be completely free of threats to Israel.
He added that Israel would continue to insist on meeting these conditions before a permanent ceasefire could take effect. The idea that Israel will agree to a permanent ceasefire before these conditions are met is absurd.
Meanwhile, Israel continues to attack Gaza’s heavily populated southern town of Rafah, ignoring calls from the international community. In this situation, Biden announced the cease-fire proposal of Israel yesterday, quite unexpectedly.
Hamas considers US President Joe Biden’s ceasefire proposal ‘positive’.
Today, AFP reports, Hamas issued a statement yesterday evening after the US President called on Hamas to accept the ceasefire proposal.
According to the statement, they view Biden’s statement on “the establishment of a permanent ceasefire, the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza and the reconstruction of the valley and the exchange of prisoners”.
President Biden called for an end to the nearly eight-month-old Gaza war while announcing Israel’s cease-fire proposal.