Hamas says any ‘truce deal’ must be on terms of Palestinian resistance

The head of Hamas’ political bureau says the Palestinian resistance movement “is nearing” a truce agreement with Israel, and that any ceasefire deal must be on the terms of Palestinian resistance.

“We are close to reaching a deal on a truce,” Ismail Haniyeh said in a statement on Tuesday.

Hamas, he added, had delivered its response to Qatari officials, who are brokering the indirect negotiations between the Gaza-based group and the Israeli regime.

Senior Hamas official Izzat al-Rishq also told Al Jazeera TV that the details of the deal will be released by Qatar and Egypt “in the coming hours.”

The truce would last for multiple days and see the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza as part of a prisoner swap deal, he said.

Rishq emphasized that any agreement is necessarily based on the conditions of the Palestinian resistance.

He further said Israel, especially the regime’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, had been obstructing the ceasefire talks.