[News] 5 Palestinian factions agree that comprehensive ceasefire should precede any prisoner exchange

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 5 Palestinian factions agree that comprehensive ceasefire should precede
any prisoner exchange

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BEIRUT, (PIC)

Five Palestinian resistance factions have affirmed their adherence to their
position of halting the Israeli aggression on Gaza before conducting any
prisoner exchange and agreed on the formation of a national unity
government at a later stage.

This came in a meeting held in Beirut on Thursday by the Palestinian
factions: Hamas, Islamic Jihad, the Popular Front for the Liberation of
Palestine- General Command, the Popular Front for the Liberation of
Palestine, and the Democratic Front.

The attendees discussed the developments in Al-Aqsa Flood Battle and the
Israeli ongoing aggression on the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, the
West Bank and Jerusalem as well as the political consultations to reach a
permanent halt of the aggression.

The factions saluted the steadfastness of the Palestinian people, and the
resistance for standing up to the Israeli displacement plans and the
genocidal war taking place in Gaza.

They also saluted the valiant resistance fighters in the occupied
Palestinian territories especially those in the Gaza Strip who thwarted
Israel’s goals, inflicted heavy losses in life and equipment on the Israeli
army, and destroyed its reputation in the region which is attributed to the
resistance’s unity, tactics, and courage that exceeded all expectations.

The factions stressed the need for an immediate ceasefire and cessation of
Israel’s genocidal war and ethnic cleansing of Gaza, lifting the siege on
the Gaza Strip and allowing the entry of medical and humanitarian aid as
well as food, water and fuel supplies into the besieged Strip and
transferring the injured to receive treatment abroad.

They emphasized the need for the commitment of Gaza reconstruction by Arab
and Muslim countries in addition to the international community, calling
for international initiatives to provide the displaced with temporary
prefab homes.

The factions also agreed on the necessity of confronting the consequences
of the barbaric war on the Palestinian people with a unified struggle
strategy that represents the Palestinian cause as a cause of national
liberation.

To that end, they pledged to come up with several proposals. First, calling
for an inclusive binding national meeting that includes all parties without
exception, to implement what was agreed upon in previous national
dialogues, and to confront the consequences of the barbaric war on the
Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and the brutal attacks by settler
gangs and occupation forces in the West Bank and Jerusalem.

They suggested a Palestinian national solution based on the establishment
of a national unity government with comprehensive Palestinian national
consensus.

The factions demanded halting the aggression on Gaza, withdrawing the
Israeli forces from the Gaza Strip, bringing in humanitarian and relief aid
and fuel in addition to transferring the wounded to receive treatment
abroad, and reaching a prisoner exchange deal on the basis of all for all.

The factions hailed the Palestinian martyrs and wounded especially in the
Gaza Strip and paid tribute to the people of the Arab and Muslim nation and
the free people of the world who stand with the Palestinian people and
cause, denounce Israeli terrorism, and support the Palestinian people’s
right to defend itself, land and sanctities.
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