“Israel cannot accept the end of the war in Gaza as a condition.”

The Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahusaid this Sunday that his country “cannot accept the end of the war in Gaza as a condition.” for a ceasefire that would allow the release of Israeli hostages in the Palestinian enclave.

“We are not prepared to accept a situation in which Hamas battalions abandon their safe havens, regain control of Gaza, rebuild their military infrastructure and once again threaten Israel’s citizens in neighboring communities,” the Israeli leader said in a message.

His words appear in full negotiating momentum in Cairo to reach a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, where more than 34,600 people have already been killed, most of them women and children.

Netanyahu referred to information indicating that the Palestinian group has made the final end of hostilities an inevitable condition for a possible deal.

“Hamas has remained entrenched in its extreme positions, in particular the demand to withdraw all our troops from the Gaza Strip, end the war and leave Hamas intact,” he said in a video.

The Israeli Prime Minister has made that clear will not accept the demands of the Palestinian groupand that he will continue to fight until he has achieved all his objectives in the war.

He has also defended that Israel has been extremely flexible in its proposals, and has sent a message to the families of the hostages, who have been demonstrating for weeks to request a ceasefire that would allow the release of Israelis held in Gaza makes.

“Hamas is the one preventing the release of the kidnapped people. We are doing everything possible to free the kidnapped people,” he said.

Palestinian sources told EFE on Saturday that the leader of the Islamist group in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, wants “a written US commitment for the unconditional end to the fighting” and also requests that Israel not prevent liberated Palestinians from returning to the occupied West Bank . in exchange for the Israeli hostages.

Given this disagreement, the Hamas source has indicated that the movement will not respond to the proposed ceasefire agreement as some “clarifications” are pending, although he has acknowledged that the initiative is “better than what was proposed during the rounds . “previous” negotiations.

Sources close to the Cairo talks, consulted by EFE, indicated this weekend that the proposed deal includes a first phase of a 40-day ceasefire, during which 33 hostages would be released out of a total of approximately 128 Israeli hostages held by Hamas, while Israel’s army would withdraw from the areas where it is present in the Gaza Strip.

The second phase would last another 42 days, during which all remaining hostages would be released and a process of “permanent calm in Gaza” would be extended, while the third and final phase would include the exchange of the bodies and would also last 42 days . .