BEIRUT, (PIC)
Senior Hamas official Osama Hamdan has affirmed that his Movement has always been open to discussing any initiatives or ideas that may stop the barbaric Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip.
“The Movement has received the general framework proposal that was tabled at the Paris quartet meeting, and we affirm that our leadership is involved in discussions and consultations about it based on the need for the negotiations in this regard to lead to a complete end to the terrorist aggression against our people and a complete withdrawal of the occupation army from the Gaza Strip,” Hamdan told a news conference held in Beirut on Saturday evening.
Hamdan stressed that his Movement seeks to stop “this criminal enemy” from persisting in killing civilians, children, women and elderlies and destroying civilian infrastructure and human life in the Gaza Strip and also to curb its war on the West Bank, Jerusalem and the Palestinian prisoners in its jails.
“We confirm that we are also studying that proposal based on lifting the siege on the Strip that has been ongoing for 17 years, providing shelter for the displaced, rebuilding what was destroyed by the occupation, concluding a serious prisoner swap deal and giving concrete international recognition of our people’s right to self-determination and the establishment of their independent and fully sovereign state with Jerusalem as its capital,” the Hamas official said.
He expressed his Movement’s appreciation for the efforts being made by Qatar and Egypt to reach a sustainable ceasefire agreement over Gaza as a prelude to entirely ending the ongoing Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people.
