Hamas says it wants a “complete ceasefire, not a temporary truce” with Israel

Europe 1 with AFP // Photo credit: AFP 11:02 p.m., January 29, 2024

While deadly fighting continued to rage this Monday in the Gaza Strip, Hamas wants to negotiate a "complete ceasefire" with Israel in the Gaza Strip as a prerequisite for any agreement, AFP told AFP on Monday. a senior Hamas official. "We are talking above all about a complete and total ceasefire and not a temporary truce," Taher al-Nounou, a senior Hamas official, said after a meeting in Paris this weekend between American officials, Israelis, Qataris and Egyptians to silence the guns in the Palestinian territory. 

“There is real hope for the future”

Once the fighting has stopped, "the rest of the details can be discussed", including the release of the hundred Israeli hostages still held in Gaza. A framework for a truce and the release of hostages must be transmitted to Hamas, the Prime Minister of Qatar announced in Washington. But it was unclear Monday evening whether the Hamas official was responding to the framework or not. He reported "notable progress" after a meeting Sunday in Paris between CIA Director William Burns and senior Egyptian, Israeli and Qatari officials. 

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The American Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, spoke this Monday of "real hope" of a possible future release of hostages held by Hamas in the strip since the attack on Israel on October 7: "I cannot nothing more to say, but I can say that very important and productive work has been done and that there is real hope for the future.” The proposed agreement would involve a two-month truce and the release of all hostages against Palestinian prisoners held in Israel, according to the New York Times.