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Hamas willing to discuss deal to end Gaza war: official
[NEWARAB] Hamas senior official Sami Abu Zuhri
...a senior spokesman for Hamas. Zuhri gained notoriety in 2006 when he dropped his money belt containing somewhere between 640,000 and 900,000 euros, which was confiscated by Paleostinian security and customs officials at a routine border crossing from Egypt to Gaza. The news brought competing Hamas and Fatah forces to the crossing checkpoint for an epic face-making and hollering contest...
 said on Tuesday that the group was open to discuss a deal that secures an end to the war in Gaza and a complete Israeli army pull-out.
Update from the Times of Israel at 10:00 a.m.ET — it’s always useful to put a quote into context:
The terror group appeared to stick to its previously issued demands on Tuesday, however, when senior Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri confirmed that the group had been examining various options but reiterated that it would not accept any proposal that did not stipulate the complete withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Gaza Strip.

“The movement has confirmed it is open to any deal or ideas that ends the suffering of our people in Gaza and achieve a permanent ceasefire, and the occupation’s withdrawal from all of Gaza Strip,” he said in a televised address.

He added that any agreement must end the blockade of the Strip, allow unrestricted relief aid and the reconstruction of Gaza, and achieve a swap of Israeli hostages in Gaza for Palestinian security prisoners in Israel.

The demands were largely in line with those presented by the terror group over the last year.
Posted by: Fred 2024-10-30
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