A spokesman from Hamas responded to al-Hayek’s comments, saying that the terror group “is prepared to accept any arrangement regarding the administration of Gaza that garners agreement.”
He added that Hamas has “no aspiration to govern Gaza” and is instead concerned with “national consensus.”
Hamas’s refusal so far to relinquish its control of the Strip and to disarm has been the main sticking point in negotiations with Israel over a permanent ceasefire.
1. The terror group seized power in Gaza in 2007 from the Fatah-dominated Palestinian Authority after a violent coup, 2. and subsequent attempts at reconciliation have failed.
Terror groups in the Gaza Strip are holding 59 hostages, including 58 of the 251 abducted by Hamas-led terrorists on October 7, 2023 They include the bodies of at least 35 confirmed dead by the IDF
