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Hamas criticises Blinken's Gaza ceasefire claim: ‘Not what we agreed on’

Hamas senior official Osama Hamdan criticized Blinken's statement on Monday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accepted an updated proposal.

Published on: Aug 20, 2024, 05:16:29 IST
Reuters
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Hamas senior official Osama Hamdan criticized U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken's statement on Monday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accepted an updated proposal, saying it "raises many ambiguities" because it is "not what was presented to us nor what we agreed on."

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (Reuters)
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (Reuters)

Hamdan told Reuters that Hamas has already confirmed to mediators that “we don't need new Gaza ceasefire negotiations, we need to agree on an implementation mechanism.”

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