Hamas says that Trump’s rhetoric helps Israel to strengthen the headquarters of Gaza, risking famine of 2.3 million residents.
The repeated threats of US President Donald Trump against Hamas constitute support for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to escape the terms of the Gaza ceasefire and intensify the headquarters of the strip, said the Palestinian armed group.
“Trump’s repeated threats against our people represent a support for Netanyahu to escape the agreement and tighten the siege and famine against our people,” Hamas spokesperson, Abdel-Latif Al-Qanou said on Thursday, reported the Reuters news agency.
“The best track to release the remaining Israeli prisoners is to … entering the second phase and forcing it (Israel) to comply with the agreement signed under the sponsorship of mediators,” he said.
Al-Qanou’s comments came after Trump published a burst of publications on social networks on Wednesday, demanding Hamas “release all the hostages now, not later”, including the remains of dead captives, “or it’s over for you”.
“I send Israel everything he needs to finish work, not a single member of Hamas will be safe if you don’t do what I say,” he said. “Also, to the inhabitants of Gaza: a beautiful future is waiting, but not if you hold hostages. If you do, you are dead! Make an intelligent decision. Release the hostages now, or there will be hell to pay later! »»
The posts were sent after a White House spokesperson confirmed that an American envoy had had direct talks with Hamas, a decision which reported a departure from an American policy of several decades not to negotiate with the group, that Washington considers a “terrorist” organization.
Egyptian security officials confirmed to Reuters on Thursday that talks between a Trump envoy and Hamas also attended Egyptian and Qatari mediators.
The ceasefire of Israel-Hamas, which entered into force in January, calls for the remaining captives held in Gaza to release in a second phase of the truce, during which the final plans would be negotiated for the end of the war.
The first phase of the ceasefire ended on Saturday, and Israel has since imposed a blockade on all goods entering Gaza, demanding that Hamas reject the remaining captives without starting negotiations to end the war.
Palestinians say that the blockade could lead to famine among the 2.3 million people living in the ruins of Gaza.
The Palestinians of Gaza criticized Trump’s latest remarks, who followed his call to residents of the tiny coastal enclave to reinstall elsewhere and in the territory to develop as “Riviera du Middle East”.
“My house is gone, my work has disappeared, but I will not allow Trump to move around,” a resident of Khan Younis told Tel Aviv Tribune. “We are rooted in this land, rooted in Khan Younis, rooted in Gaza. Our life and death are there. We will not bow to the banalities that are said and we will not leave Gaza. »»
Abdallah Abu Rizk, also a resident of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, said the Palestinians would never leave. “Over the years, we have been firm in Gaza, the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem. We will stay until our death in our country. »»
