Hamas rejects disarmament clause in Gaza ceasefire plan, claims it was not part of original talks - Jerusalem Post Staff, Amichai Stein

 

by Jerusalem Post Staff, Amichai Stein

The UNSC voted on Monday in support of Trump's Gaza peace plan and in favor of a UN mandate to establish the International Stabilization Force (ISF), which is expected to be deployed in Gaza.

 

Hamas official Osama Hamdan speaks during an interview with AFP in Istanbul on September 15, 2024.

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Hamas rejected the clause in US President Donald Trump's Gaza peace plan regarding its disarmament, claiming that it was not part of the original negotiations, the Qatar-based Al Jazeera Mubasher reported on Monday. 

"No clause regarding the disarmament of the resistance was on the table in the Sharm El-Sheikh negotiations," Senior Hamas official Osama Hamdan told the Qatari outlet. "It is unacceptable that we be imposed with the equation of either we are killed or we surrender."

Hamdan further claimed that Hamas had contacted members of the United Nations Security Council to discuss its "observations on the American draft resolution." 

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Palestinian factions released a statement on Tuesday afternoon also condemning the vote, viewing the move as a “tool of guardianship and an international partnership in the genocide of [the Palestinian] people.”

US Ambassador to the United Nations Michael Waltz responded to Hamas's rejection of the disarmament clause, calling its refusal of the peace deal "proof that it is a good plan."

UN Security Council passes Trump's Gaza plan resolution

Hamas had earlier rejected the UNSC's passing of the resolution, saying it fails to meet Palestinians' rights and demands and seeks to impose an international trusteeship on the Gaza Strip that Palestinians and "resistance factions" oppose.

"Assigning the international force with tasks and roles inside the Gaza Strip, including disarming the resistance, strips it of its neutrality, and turns it into a party to the conflict in favor of the occupation," the terror group added.

Later, the UNSC voted on Monday night in support of Trump's Gaza peace plan and in favor of a UN mandate to establish the International Stabilization Force (ISF), which is expected to be deployed to the Gaza Strip.

Of the 15 UNSC members, 13 voted in favor of the proposal, while Russia and China abstained.

James Genn and Reuters contributed to this report.

Jerusalem Post Staff, Amichai Stein

Source: https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-874257

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