Earlier Benjamin Netanyahu had rejected Hamas’s demand to finish the conflict. (File)

Doha:

Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh on Sunday accused Israel’s prime minister of sabotaging efforts by mediators concerned in ongoing talks geared toward a truce and hostage trade in Gaza.

Qatar-based Haniyeh stated Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wished to “invent fixed justifications for the continuation of aggression, increasing the circle of battle, and sabotaging efforts made by means of varied mediators and events”.

Qatari, Egyptian and US mediators met a Hamas delegation in Cairo on Saturday within the newest bid to halt the devastating nearly seven-month-old conflict that has triggered worldwide protests.

A senior Hamas supply near the negotiations instructed AFP there can be “a brand new spherical” of talks on Sunday.

Negotiators searching for to halt the devastating conflict have proposed an preliminary 40-day pause within the combating and an trade of hostages for Palestinian prisoners.

Haniyeh stated Hamas had approached the talks with “seriousness and positivity” however questioned “the which means of an settlement if a ceasefire isn’t its first outcome”.

Earlier Netanyahu had rejected Hamas’s demand to finish the conflict.

Israel was “not prepared to simply accept a scenario by which the Hamas battalions come out of their bunkers, take management of Gaza once more, rebuild their navy infrastructure, and return to threaten the residents of Israel”, he stated.

Egypt, Qatar and america have been making an attempt to mediate an settlement between Israel and Hamas for months.

The Qatar-based chief of Hamas’s political workplace stated america had “offered cowl for this occupation, needs to be the one to cease it as a substitute of supplying it with weapons of destruction and extermination”.

Haniyeh added that Hamas “stays keen to succeed in a complete and interconnected settlement in levels, ending the aggression, making certain withdrawal, and attaining a critical prisoner trade deal”.

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