DOHA: Remarks by US President Joe Biden {that a} ceasefire in Gaza could be attainable if Hamas launched its hostages are a “setback” to negotiations, the Palestinian militant goup mentioned on Sunday (Might 12).
“We condemn this place by the US president, we think about it a setback from the outcomes of the newest spherical of negotiations, which led to the motion’s settlement to the proposal put ahead by mediators,” Hamas mentioned in a press release.
Biden mentioned on Saturday {that a} ceasefire within the Israel-Hamas struggle could be attainable “tomorrow” if Hamas gave up hostages seized in its Oct 7 assault.
The US president raised the subject of the hostages throughout a speech in Seattle after warning Israel he would cease supplying artillery shells and different weapons if it sends floor troops into town of Rafah.
Negotiations between Hamas and Israel for a truce and hostage trade deal, mediated by Egypt, Qatar and the US, seem to have stalled amid Israeli army motion within the southern Gaza metropolis.
