SINWAR INVOLVED IN CEASEFIRE TALKS THROUGH SECURE COMMUNICATIONS

Wed 21 August 2024:

Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar has always been part of the decision-making process in the Gaza ceasefire talks through secure communications, the group’s spokesman Osama Hamdan has told Reuters.

Hamdan added that Sinwar blessed the negotiation process, noting that, “Due to security conditions, communications with and by Sinwar have secure mechanisms in place, and are operating smoothly.”

The movement’s spokesman also took the opportunity to criticise US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s announcement that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had accepted an updated proposal for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.

The announcement was “very ambiguous” because it was “not what was presented to us nor what we agreed on,” insisted Hamdan.

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Deliberately sabotage truce talks

Members of the Israeli negotiating team for the ceasefire talks in the Gaza Strip and the prisoner exchange deal with Hamas have sharply criticised Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, accusing him of deliberately making statements to thwart the negotiations.

Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation Kan 11 last night quoted officials who are taking part in the talks as saying that “Netanyahu’s statements are intended to sabotage the negotiations. There is no other explanation.”

“The prime minister knows that we are at a critical point where we are working to find solutions to the issue of the Philadelphi and Netzarim axis before the next round of talks, and he knows that there is progress. Despite this, he issues statements that contradict what was agreed upon with the mediators.”

In response to the criticism, Kan 11 quoted people close to Netanyahu as saying that “anyone who does not like the way the prime minister is conducting the negotiations is invited to get up and leave.”

-MEMO

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