Hamas official Izzat al-Rishq (photo credit, PressTV, YouTube screen capture.)
Hamas has remained steadfast to its position toward a hostages-for-truce proposal and sticks to its approval of it, a member of the terror group’s political bureau, Izzat al-Rishq, says in a statement.
Reshiq’s comments came as Cairo hosted new talks attended by delegations from Hamas, Israel, the United States and Qatar in an attempt to conclude a deal.
The terms that Hamas said Monday it had accepted differ in key aspects from a proposal that Israel approved, with officials in the terror group claiming the deal would yield an end to the war.
Israel however has said repeatedly that it will not accept a deal that involves ending the war and that it fully intends to resume its campaign to destroy Hamas once any deal has been carried out.
