Hamas is not in a hurry to reach a ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip at any cost, Khaled Meshaal, head of the movement’s political bureau abroad, said yesterday.

The movement, he added, “is winning the war and will play a decisive role in the future of Gaza,” noting that “assuming that Hamas will be absent from the Gaza scene after the end of the war is a mistake.”
“Palestinians alone will decide the arrangements for the Strip,” Meshaal said, stressing that Hamas “will not give up its main demands for an end to the war and a complete Israeli withdrawal from Gaza.”
The movement has persevered over the past months and has exhausted the occupation army, he added.