Hamas refuses to disarm until the Palestinian state is established

Hamas has reaffirmed that it will not accept to disarm unless a sovereign Palestinian State is created, in response to one of the main requests of Israel in the talks of a cease-fire in Gaza.

The Palestinian armed group said that he was responding to the remarks she attributed to the Middle East Middle East Donald Trump, Steve Witkoff, that Hamas had “expressed his will” to fix his arms.

Israel considers the disarmament of Hamas, one of the many key conditions for any agreement to end the conflict.

The indirect negotiations between Israel and Hamas to guarantee a ceasefire and the release of hostages were blocked last week.

In recent days, Arab governments have urged Hamas to disarm and make control of Gaza, after a number of Western countries – including France and Canada – have announced its intention to recognize a state of Palestine. The United Kingdom said it would be if Israel did not meet certain conditions by September.

But in his declaration, Hamas said that he could not give in his right to “resistance and his arms” unless an “independent and fully sovereign Palestinian state with Jerusalem as capital” is created.

Lieutenant-General of the Defense Forces of Israel (FDI), Eyal Zamir, warned on Friday that there would be no respite in the fighting in Gaza if the negotiations did not quickly guarantee the release of the hostages held by Hamas.

And on Saturday, the hostage family Evyatar David published a statement after Hamas published a video showing him shirtless and emaciated in a weakly enlightened tunnel.

They accused Hamas of having hungry for it as part of a propaganda campaign and called on the Israeli government and the United States to do everything possible to save it.

Witkoff visited Israel while the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces the growing pressure on the deterioration of humanitarian conditions in Gaza.

The United Nations agencies warned that there is a starvation of artificial mass in Gaza and blamed Israel, which controls the entry of all supplies in the territory. Israel insisted that there are no restrictions on aid deliveries and that there is “no famine”.

Earlier on Saturday, Witkoff met in Tel Aviv families of Israeli hostages who are still in Gaza.

Images published online have shown that the Washington negotiator was greeted by applause and calls for the help of supporters of the hostage families when he arrived in a place known for the demonstrations.

Witkoff said peace efforts should focus on the end of the conflict and bring all the hostages back, instead of what he called a partial agreement.

As part of Witkoff’s trip, he met Netanyahu on Thursday and Friday, he inspected a largely criticized aid site in southern Gaza.

The latest figures from the United Nations indicate that at least 1,373 Palestinians were killed in search of food since the end of May.

The majority were killed by Israeli soldiers near the humanitarian foundations (GHF) distribution sites supported by the United States and the United States, according to the UN.

Israel accused Hamas of provoking chaos near the sites and says that its troops do not intentionally open fire on civilians.

The Israeli army launched a campaign in Gaza in response to the attack by Hamas against southern Israel on October 7, 2023, during which around 1,200 people were killed and 251 others were taken hostage.

More than 60,000 people have since been killed in Gaza, and 169 people, including 93 children, have died of malnutrition, according to the Hamas Ministry managed by Hamas.