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Hamas vows to honor Gaza truce as US officials voice concern about Israeli betrayal

Senior Hamas official Khalil al-Hayya asserts that the Palestinian resistance movement remains determined to uphold “every term” of the Gaza ceasefire, as several US officials express concern that Zionist regime might scrap the deal.


Speaking to al-Qahera News, an Egyptian news channel, early Tuesday, the movement’s chief negotiator said all Palestinian factions were united in their efforts to ensure the war of genocide “ends once and for all.”

 

He emphasized their full commitment to implement the deal, which was reached in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh earlier this month, and their confidence in the guarantees offered by mediators and friendly nations.

 

The group announced its agreement to the accord on October 9, saying it would hand over all the remaining living and dead Israeli captives in Gaza and seeks the coastal sliver’s administration to be handed over to a Palestinian body.

 

 

According to al-Hayya, meetings focusing on the 20-point proposal that have been held in Sharm el-Sheikh and Cairo “reflected an international will declaring the war in Gaza is over.”

 

‘We want this agreement to endure’

 

The resistance official reiterated that Hamas was serious about fulfilling every aspect of the accord, including the retrieval and exchange of bodies as stipulated in the deal.

 

He acknowledged the “great difficulties” caused by the massive destruction brought about as a result of the genocide that began in October 2023, but vowed that Hamas would “close the file completely.”

 

The official added that humanitarian aid deliveries through Gaza’s crossings had so far met the agreed targets and expressed hope that mediators would further increase assistance, particularly as far as shelter, medical supplies, and relief were concerned, ahead of winter.

 

“The agreement will endure,” al-Hayya declared, “because we want it to endure, and because it enjoys broad international support and guarantees. All this reassures us that this agreement will hold, God willing.”

 

‘Deal key to peace for Palestinian nation’

 

The Hamas official described full implementation of the agreement as a necessary step towards ending the war and letting Palestinians “live in peace like other nations.”

 

The comments came amid numerous reports of Israeli violations of the agreement, including by killing around 100 Palestinians since the accord’s implementation through rampant aggression, and ordering the suspension of aid deliveries to the Palestinian territory.

 

 

‘US wary of Israeli backtracking’

 

Meanwhile, The New York Times reported that several officials within the Trump administration had expressed growing concern that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu might renege on the deal.

 

According to the report, senior figures, including Vice President J.D. Vance, regional envoy Steve Witkoff, and Trump advisor Jared Kushner, were engaged in efforts to dissuade Netanyahu from reigniting full-scale military aggression in Gaza.

 

Trump, himself, has reportedly rejected Israeli claims that Hamas had violated the terms.

 

A senior US official told The NYT that Witkoff and Kushner regarded the situation as “very delicate,” warning that the deal was now at risk.

 

The regime egregiously violated a similar deal reached in the initial stages of the war as well as an arrangement for captive/prisoner exchange and armistice that emerged in January.

 

In both cases, the regime markedly escalated the genocide that has so far claimed the lives of more than 68,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children.

 

The course of the war was also marked by widely-reported efforts, as verified by Zionist officials themselves, on the part of Netanyahu to prevent negotiations from fruition.


 




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