Soon after Netanyahu’s comments, Hamas encouraged mediators to continue putting pressure on Israel.
Basem Naim, a senior Hamas official, wrote on X that the group is still “committed to the roadmap reached.”
“We expect the mediators and the American guarantor to press Netanyahu and his government to compel him to adhere to the roadmap and not obstruct the path for internal political and electoral reasons,” he said.
More than 1,250 people have been killed in the Israeli attacks since the original ceasefire in October 2025, most of them civilians, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. Over 73,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since the war began, the ministry said. Hamas has not disclosed how many of its fighters have been killed.
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