Israel is not going to comply with any truce with out deal that features a return of hostages. (File)
Jerusalem:
Israel is not going to comply with any halt in combating in Gaza that’s not a part of a deal that features a return of hostages, a senior Israeli safety official stated on Friday.
The remark got here after an announcement from Hamas declaring that it will be prepared to achieve an settlement together with an trade of hostages for Palestinian prisoners, so long as Israel stopped the combating in Gaza.
“There will likely be no truce, or any halt in combating in any respect, in Gaza which isn’t part-and-parcel of a hostage-release deal,” the official stated in feedback despatched to Reuters. “Any ceasefire would come up solely inside the framework of a deal.”
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