Israel rejects Hamas ceasefire demands
No, Habasam Matan. Throughout the negotiations, Israel demonstrated A willingness to go a long way. A long way that was described by US Secretary of State Blinken and others as extraordinarily generous. But while Israel showed this willingness, Hamas remained entrenched in its extreme positions, chief among them the demand to withdraw all our forces from the Strip, end the war, and leave Hamas intact. The State of Israel cannot accept this. We are not ready to accept a situation in which the Hamas battalions come out of their bunkers, take control of Gaza again, rebuild their military infrastructure and return to threatening the citizens of Israel in the surrounding settlements. Cities of the South in all parts of the country.