JERUSALEM: Israel on Thursday (Jan 16) accused Hamas of backtracking on elements of the Gaza ceasefire deal announced a day earlier, and mentioned the Cupboard is not going to meet on the deal till Hamas’ settlement is confirmed.
“Hamas has reneged on elements of the settlement reached with the mediators and Israel in an effort to extort last-minute concessions,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s workplace mentioned in an announcement, including the scenario created a “final minute disaster”.
It didn’t specify which elements of the deal had been at concern.
The assertion added that the Israeli Cupboard, which has but to approve the settlement, “is not going to convene till the mediators notify Israel that Hamas has accepted all parts of the settlement”.
Key mediator Qatar mentioned Wednesday that Israel and Palestinian Islamist motion Hamas had agreed to a ceasefire in Gaza beginning on Sunday, together with a hostage and prisoner change after greater than 15 months of battle.
America additionally introduced the deal, which largely reproduces the framework of a blueprint offered by President Joe Biden in Might 2024.
Thirty-three Israeli hostages will likely be launched within the first, 42-day, section of the settlement, Qatar’s Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani mentioned.
