Hamas refuses to disarm until the Palestinian state is established

Hamas confirmed that he would not agree to disarm unless a sovereign Palestinian state was created in response to one of Israel’s key demands in negotiations to end fire in Gaza.

The Palestinian armed group said it responds to the remarks attributing to US President Donald Trump in the Middle East, Steve Vikof that Hamas had “expressed his willingness” to put his weapons.

Israel looks at Hamas’s disarmament for one of several key conditions for each conflict termination transaction.

Indirect negotiations between Israel and Hamas to ensure that fire stops and hostage released last week.

In the last few days, Arab governments have called on Hamas to disarm and hand over Gaza control after a number of western countries – including France and Canada – have announced plans to recognize Palestine’s condition. The United Kingdom said it would happen if Israel did not meet certain conditions until September.

But in his statement, Hamas said he could not give his right to “resistance and weapons” unless a “independent, completely sovereign Palestinian state was created with Jerusalem as its capital.”

The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) Gen Eyal Eyal Zamir warned on Friday that there would be no rest in the battle in Gaza if the negotiations fail to quickly ensure the release of hostages that take place by Hamas.

And on Saturday, the hostage’s family, Evgar David, issued a statement after Hamas released a video showing him without a shirt and enchanted in a slightly illuminated tunnel.

They accused Hamas of starving him as part of a propaganda campaign and turned to the Israeli government and the United States to do their best to save him.

Vitcof visits Israel as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government is facing increasing pressure on worsening humanitarian conditions in Gaza.

UN agencies have warned that Gaza has mass hunger for a person, and accused Israel, which controls the entry of all supplies into the territory. Israel insisted that there were no restrictions on the supply of help and that there was no “hunger”.

Earlier on Saturday, Vitcof met in Tel Aviv with families of Israeli hostages, who are still in gas.

Published online have shown that the Washington negotiator was welcomed with applause and requests for help from hostage’s families when he arrived in a square that became known for the protests.

Vitcof said that peace efforts should focus on ending the conflict and bringing home all hostages instead of what he called a partial transaction.

As part of Vitcof’s trip he met Netanyahu on Thursday and On Friday, he inspects a widely criticized facility for help in South GazaS

The latest data from the United Nations say that at least 1373 Palestinians have been killed seeking food since the end of May.

Most have been killed by Israeli military near Israel and US -backed places for the distribution of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), the UN says.

Israel accused Hamas of inciting chaos near the sites and saying that his troops did not deliberately fire a civilian fire.

The Israeli military launched a campaign in Gaza in response to an attack led by Hamas against southern Israel on October 7, 2023, which killed about 1,200 people and 251 others were hostage.

Since then, more than 60,000 people have been killed in Gaza, and 169 people, including 93 children, have died of malnutrition, according to the health ministry in Hamas.