Palestine

Hamas says agreed to four-day truce; Qatar says ceasefire subject to extension

Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has announced a four-day truce with Israel in the Gaza Strip that will see the cessation of Israeli assaults on the Gaza Strip, warning that the hands of the resistance movement “remain on the trigger” should the occupying regime breach the deal.

In a statement released early on Wednesday, Hamas said the deal, mediated by Qatar and Egypt, will allow the entry of hundreds of humanitarian, medical and fuel aid trucks to Gaza.

During the four-day pause, it said, Israel will cease air traffic in southern Gaza and restrict them to six hours a day in the north. 

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

The deal will also see the release of 50 Israeli war prisoners in exchange for the release of 150 Palestinian women and children from the occupying entity’s jails.

The resistance group also noted that Israel will not attack or arrest anyone in Gaza or obstruct the movement of its residents along the Salah al-Din highway, the main road running north and south in the besieged enclave.

Hamas emphasized that the truce terms were formulated according to “the vision of the resistance and its determinants,” saying the movement managed the talks “from a position of steadfastness and strength in the field, despite the occupation’s attempts to prolong and procrastinate the negotiations.”

The ceasefire, hailed as a victory for Hamas, came on the 47th day of the war, with Israel having failed to reach its declared objective of destroying the resistance group.

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