FM’s admission that Netanyahu is hindering truce confirms Israel’s ‘lies’, Hamas says

He added that Netanyahu “does not want to reach an agreement and that all he cares about is the continuation and expansion of the war.”
Al-Rishq noted that Hamas’s flexibility and positive response to ceasefire proposals, including US President Joe Biden’s call for a ceasefire in May, “collided with Netanyahu’s intransigence and his evasion of the obligation to reach a ceasefire agreement and a prisoner exchange deal.”
He urged the international community to “exert pressure on Netanyahu and his government to stop the aggression and the war of genocide and reach an exchange deal.”
Analysts have long warned that Netanyahu has refused to agree a deal with the Palestinian resistance for a prisoner exchange and ceasefire because an end of the war on Gaza would mean an end to his political career. Netanyahu faces charges of fraud, bribery and breach of trust in three cases filed in 2019. He can be sentenced to up to 10 years in jail and/or a fine if convicted in a bribery case.
Earlier on Monday, Netanyahu and Gallant traded barbs over the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip, with the latter accusing the former of obstructing a prisoner swap deal with Palestinians.
Last week, Egyptian, Qatari and US mediators urged Israel and Hamas to finalise the details of a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal with no further delays or excuses.
While Israel said it will send a delegation to the talks, Hamas demanded that mediators present a plan to implement the ceasefire proposal supported by Biden that it had agreed to on 2 July.
Netanyahu has previously said any deal would need to allow Israel to continue to bomb Gaza.