Hamas refuses to disarm until a Palestinian state is created

Hamas confirmed that he would not agree to disarm unless a sovereign Palestinian state was created, in response to one of Israel’s key demands in talking about ceasefire in Gaza.

The Palestinian armed group said it responded to the comments attributed to this envoy by US President Donald Trump Steve Vitco, that Hamas “expressed his readiness” to lay out his weapon.

Israel is considering the disarmament of Hamas one of several key conditions to end the conflict.

Indirect negotiations between Israel and Hamas provide ceasefire and the release of hostages that stopped last week.

In the last few days, the Arab governments called for Hamas to disarm and give control of gas, after a number of Western countries – including France and Canada – announced plans to recognize the Palestinian state. The UK said Israel would not fulfill certain conditions by September.

But in his statement, Hamas said he could not get the right to “resistance and weapons” unless “an independent”, a fully sovereign Palestinian state with Jerusalem. “

The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) Gen Gen Eyal Zamir warned on Friday that there would be no respite in the fighting unless negotiations can quickly be released by Hamas.

And on Saturday, the Eviatar hostage family made a statement after Hamas released a video showing it without a shirt and exhausted in a dim lighted tunnel.

They accused Hamas of starving as part of the propaganda campaign and appealed to the Israeli government and the US to do their best to save it.

Witcoof visits Israel as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is facing heavy pressure as a result of the deterioration of humanitarian conditions in Gaza.

The UN agencies have warned that Gaza has man -made, mass hunger, and accused Israel, which controls the entry of all supplies to the territory. Israel insisted that there was no restriction on the delivery of help and that there is no hunger.

Earlier on Saturday, Vitcoof met in Tel -Aviv with the families of Israeli hostages still in Gaza.

The footage posted on the Internet showed that the Washington negotiator meets with applause and requests for the help of hostage families when he arrived at the square that became known.

Vitkoff said peaceful efforts should focus on stopping the conflict and bring all hostages home, not what he called a partial deal.

As part of the Vitcoof trip he met Netanyahu on Thursday and On Friday, he examined a widely criticized assistance site in South Gas.

The latest United Nations data say that at least 1373 Palestinians were killed, looking for food since the end of May.

Most were killed by Israeli troops near Israeli and supported by the US Humanities (GHF), the UN says.

Israel accused Hamas of inciting chaos near the sites and says his troops did not intentionally open fire on civilians.

The Israeli military launched a campaign in Gaza in response to the attack under the guidance of Hamas on South Israel on October 7, 2023, which killed about 1,200 people and took 251 people hostage.

Since then, more than 60,000 people have been killed and 169, including 93 children, have died of malnutrition, the Ministry of Health reports.