️BREAKING: Highlights of the speech of Hamas leader Dr. Khalil al-Hayya, head of the negotiating delegation and head of Hamas in the Gaza Strip:The leadership of Hamas and the resistance factions were keen to halt the barbaric aggression and war of genocide against the Gaza Strip. We worked for more than a year and a half of arduous negotiations to achieve this goal, until we reached the January 17 agreement in its three stages.
The movement and the Palestinian factions fulfilled all their obligations under this agreement. However, Netanyahu and his government reversed the agreement before the completion of its first stage, and resumed committing the most heinous crimes and forms of genocide through killing, destruction, and starvation.
The mediators have contacted us again to find a way out of the crisis created by Netanyahu and his government.
We agreed to their proposal at the end of Ramadan, despite our conviction that Netanyahu insists on continuing the war and aggression to protect his political future.
This was confirmed after Netanyahu rejected the mediators' proposal, which we had agreed to.
Netanyahu responded to the mediators' proposal with a proposal that carries impossible conditions and does not lead to an end to the war or a withdrawal from the Gaza Strip.
In light of this clear position on the occupation, we affirm the following:
Firstly: The movement is ready to immediately begin negotiations on a comprehensive package, whereby all [zionist] captives held by the resistance and an agreed-upon number of Palestinian prisoners in occupation prisons are released, in exchange for a complete cessation of the war against our people, a full withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, the commencement of reconstruction, and an end to the blockade.
Secondly: The partial agreements are used by Netanyahu and his government as a cover for his political agenda, which is based on continuing the war of genocide and starvation, even if the price is the sacrifice of all his prisoners. We will not be part of implementing this policy.
Third: The resistance and its weapons are linked to the existence of the occupation, and it is a natural right of our people and all peoples under occupation.
Fourth: We welcome the position of Mr. Adam Boehler, US President Trump's special envoy, to end the issue of prisoners and the war together. This position intersects with the movement's position of readiness to reach a comprehensive agreement on a single prisoner exchange package in exchange for an end to the war, the occupation's withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, and reconstruction.
Finally, and regardless of the course and results of the negotiations, the international community is required to intervene immediately and exert the necessary pressure to end the unjust siege on our people in the Gaza Strip, where more than two million people are being subjected to genocide by starvation and [deprivation of] all the necessities of human life, which are considered a legitimate right guaranteed under international law and international humanitarian law without restrictions or conditions
Mike
