Hamas says talks on 2nd phase of Gaza ceasefire deal have started
Hamas says talks on the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire deal have started with international mediators in the Qatari capital, Doha.
A spokesperson for the resistance group, Abdel Latif al-Qanoua, said Tuesday that the second phase will be “focused on shelter, relief, and rebuilding for our people in Gaza.”
Qanoua said Tel Aviv was “delaying the implementation of humanitarian protocols in the ceasefire agreement and stalling its execution.”
“Shelter and humanitarian aid are urgent priorities that cannot be subject to Israeli delays,” he said.
Under the terms of the three-phase ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel — the first phase of which took effect on January 19 — the two sides were planned to hold indirect talks to hammer out the details of further exchanges.
It was planned that during negotiations on the second phase a permanent ceasefire would be established and Israeli forces would make a complete withdrawal as the remaining captives are freed.
Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, however, has said that the existing deal is for a temporary ceasefire and that the regime’s military has reserved “the right to return to fighting” at a future date.
In their fourth swap on Saturday, Hamas released three Israeli captives in exchange for 183 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.
Netanyahu was set to meet US President Donald Trump in Washington on Tuesday evening. Trump has said he had "no guarantees" of the Gaza truce holding.
The first six-week phase of the ceasefire agreement, which was brokered days before Trump returned to office, put a halt to Israel’s 15 months of genocide that killed more than 47,500 people and left the besieged Gaza Strip in ruins.
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