Hamas signals it could reject Trump’s Gaza peace plan
Hamas has indicated it could reject President Trump’s Gaza peace deal because it only “serves Israel’s interests” and ignores the Palestinian people, one of the group’s senior figures said Wednesday.
The militant group is said to have issues with some of Trump’s 20 conditions for ending the war, including that it disarm and destroy its weapons, as well as the deployment of an International Stabilization Force into Gaza, the official told BBC News.
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Hamas is yet to officially respond to Trump’s peace plan for the embattled territory — days after Israel agreed to the terms.
Trump on Tuesday gave Hamas “three or four days” to agree to his peace deal — or else the Palestinian terror group will face “a very sad end.”
“We’re just waiting for Hamas,” Trump said noting that there was “not much” room for negotiations.
Arab mediators, meanwhile, are more optimistic, telling the Wall Street Journal that the terror group is open to accepting the conditions but asked for additional time given they had some reservations.
They argued, in part, that the plan included loopholes that would allow the Jewish state to easily resume the devastating war.
“Accepting the plan is a disaster, rejecting it is another, there are only bitter choices here, but the plan is a Netanyahu plan articulated by Trump,” a Palestinian official, familiar with Hamas’ deliberations, told Reuters.
“Hamas is keen to end the war and end the genocide and it will respond in the way that serves the higher interests of the Palestinian people.”
Trump’s stipulations calls for an immediate cease-fire, an exchange of all remaining hostages, a staged withdrawal of the Israeli army from Gaza, the disarmament of Hamas, and the creation of a transitional government spearheaded by an international body.
Hamas has previously agreed to some of the terms but has repeatedly rejected calls to demilitarize unless a pathway for a Palestinian state is granted.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu backed the deal on Monday amid mounting pressure from the Israeli public to end the war.
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