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<div class="gmail-inner-article-top"><h1 class="gmail-">Hamas confirms 'no talks underway' on Gaza ceasefire as phase one ends</h1><p class="gmail-">Israel
repeatedly delayed the start of talks for phase two of the ceasefire
and is pushing to 'extend' phase one by an additional six weeks</p><div class="gmail-another-name"><p><a href="https://thecradle.co/authors/news-desk-9" style="color:rgb(164,4,4)">News Desk</a></p></div><div class="gmail-another-name" style="margin-top:16px"><p><span style="color:rgb(84,88,94)">MAR 1, 2025 -<font size="1"> </font></span><font size="1"><a href="https://thecradle.co/articles/hamas-confirms-no-talks-underway-on-gaza-ceasefire-as-phase-one-ends">https://thecradle.co/articles/hamas-confirms-no-talks-underway-on-gaza-ceasefire-as-phase-one-ends</a></font></p></div></div><div class="gmail-inner-article-img"><img src="https://thecradle-main.oss-eu-central-1.aliyuncs.com/public/articles/4039204e-f6ad-11ef-b711-00163e02c055.jpeg" alt="" width="446" height="251" style="margin-right: 0px;"><span>(Photo Credit: AFP)</span></div><div class="gmail-inner-article-content"><div class="gmail-row"><div class="gmail-col-md-8 gmail-col-sm-7"><div class="gmail-article-content"><span><p>Palestinian resistance movement Hamas announced on 1 March that it had rejected Israel's proposal to <a href="https://thecradle.co/articles/israel-pushes-for-six-week-extension-of-gaza-ceasefires-phase-one">extend</a> the first phase of the ceasefire in Gaza and confirmed that “no negotiations” are taking place regarding phase two.</p><p>“There
are no negotiations with the movement regarding the second phase. The
occupation bears the responsibility for not starting negotiations on the
second phase of the Gaza agreement," Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem told
Al-Arabi TV.</p><p>He also accused Tel Aviv of wanting to extend the
first phase of the ceasefire to secure the release of more captives and
then resume its ethnic cleansing campaign in Gaza. “The occupation is
trying to return things to square one by shuffling the cards,” Qassem
said, stressing that ”the formula proposed by the occupation is
unacceptable to us.”</p><p><span style="color:rgb(23,47,47)">On Friday,
Hamas said it “reaffirms its full commitment to implementing all terms
of the agreement in all its stages and details” and called on the
international community to pressure Israel to “immediately proceed to
the second phase without any delay or evasion.”</span></p><p>During the
first phase of the deal, which officially ended on Saturday, the Israeli
government refused to allow adequate mobile homes and tents into Gaza,
causing at least eight children to freeze to death. Tel Aviv also banned
the entry of earthmoving equipment needed to remove the rubble from the
roads and buildings.</p><p>“Ramadan has come this year, and we are on
the streets with no shelter, no work, no money, nothing. My eight
children and I are homeless. We live on Jabalia camp's streets with
nothing but Allah's mercy," Ali Rajih, a resident of Jabalia in North
Gaza, told <i>Al Jazeera</i>.</p><p>According to the terms of the
US-sponsored ceasefire deal, phase two of the ceasefire includes
Israel’s complete withdrawal from Gaza and the release of the remaining
Israeli captives.</p><p>During the first phase, Hamas released 33
Israeli captives, including eight dead, while Israel freed around 1,700
Palestinian prisoners.</p><p style="margin-left:0px">Israel recently imposed new conditions on the<a href="https://thecradle.co/articles/israel-wants-full-hamas-disarmament-buffer-zones-in-gaza-during-phase-two-of-ceasefire-talks-report"> ceasefire </a>agreement, demanding full disarmament of Hamas’s military wing and demands to <a href="https://thecradle.co/articles/israel-stomps-on-gaza-ceasefire-deal-refuses-withdrawal-from-philadelphi-corridor">maintain</a> its military presence along the Philadelphi Corridor on Gaza’s border with Egypt.</p><p style="margin-left:0px">A recent report by <i>Haaretz</i> revealed that “as far as [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu is concerned, there is no second stage” of the deal. </p><p style="margin-left:0px">The
report says Israeli Minister of Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer recently
told US special envoy to West Asia Steve Witkoff that Netanyahu’s plan
is "to return to intense warfare” and reimplement a “version” of the
Generals’ Plan – which saw the expulsion of hundreds of thousands of
Palestinians from north Gaza, the killing of thousands, and the
destruction of the Gaza health sector.</p></span></div></div></div></div>
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