Gaza - Saba:
Islamic Jihad Deputy Secretary-General Dr. Mohammed al-Hindi said Wednesday that the ongoing negotiations in Cairo and Doha on the completion of the prisoner exchange deal and the ceasefire in Gaza were serious, explaining that these negotiations are now witnessing the stage of biting fingers.
Dr. Al-Hindi said in a press statement: "The goal of the resistance was clear from the beginning that the end of the deal means stopping the aggression and withdrawal, and we will achieve this, God willing."
"The resistance showed flexibility in the details of the stages and prices for the success of the deal, as well as in the gradual redeployment leading to a comprehensive withdrawal," he said.
"We had a constant fear that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government could manipulate and postpone negotiations for political and personal calculations."
Hamas, for its part, confirmed today that "ceasefire negotiations and prisoner exchange are proceeding in Doha with Qatari and Egyptian mediation in earnest."
Hamas added in a press statement: "The movement has shown responsibility and flexibility, but the occupation has set new issues and conditions related to withdrawal, ceasefire, prisoners, and the return of the displaced, which postponed reaching the agreement that was available."
Yesterday, Qatar announced that negotiations for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the exchange of prisoners between Israel and Hamas "are still underway between Cairo and Doha and it is not possible to predict the date of reaching an agreement."
In this context, the Zionist channel "Makan" said on Wednesday that the ceasefire negotiations with Hamas are experiencing tangible difficulties regarding the path of the exchange deal.
For its part, the Israel Broadcasting Corporation claimed, today, that "Hamas refuses to provide a list of detainees, living and dead, who will be released in the first phase and will be exchanged with Palestinian prisoners, within the framework of a ceasefire agreement and the release of the Palestinian prisoners.
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