🟢 Hamas Head in Gaza, Dr. Khalil Al-Hayya, in an interview to Al-Jazeera (2/2):
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We agreed with all factions that the international body whose mission will be reconstruction will be responsible for bringing in funds for reconstruction and supervising it. We want this to be expedited.
We want the ceasefire to continue, aid to flow, and reconstruction to begin immediately.
We affirm that Gaza and the West Bank are one national unit, and we do not accept the separation of Gaza from the West Bank.
The administrative committee's term should end either with Palestinian elections or the formation of an approved Palestinian government.
After the occupation's failure to achieve its goals in Gaza, and given the international popular and official stance, the US administration and President Trump became convinced that the war must end. The US administration gave Netanyahu all the time and opportunities to achieve what he wanted, and he could not.
I had a short meeting with Witkoff and Kushner. We discussed in the meeting that we, as Palestinians, are advocates for stability and are seeking our stolen rights, and that we want to live like other peoples of the world in a Palestinian entity, in a Palestinian state. We have no problem except with the one who occupied our land and expelled us from it. We said that we want a Palestinian state in accordance with international law and resolutions that the world has legitimized, so that the region can stabilize. We are not fans of wars and bloodshed; the ones who pay the price for this blood are us and our children. They were surprised that they met with a group of university professors, engineers, and doctors, and that we are not as we are portrayed.
We told them that President Trump is the one capable at this stage of stopping the war, and we call on him to rein in the "israeli" occupation.
The Doha event and the catastrophic failure it caused for the "israeli" occupation—this unprecedented failure, the biggest failure in the history of the zionist occupation—created a setback for the zionist entity and an international outcry. It is unreasonable that we receive an American proposal from the Qatari Prime Minister in the afternoon, and the fully amended proposal comes to us at 9:00 PM, only for the occupation to bomb us the very next afternoon, knowing full well that we were going to discuss this proposal.
We are a people under occupation, and it is our right under international law to confront the occupation. Our weapon, which we and all factions carry, is linked to the existence of the occupation and aggression. If this occupation ends and a Palestinian state is established for us, then this weapon and its bearers will be transferred to the state.
There is a serious national discussion and dialogue on this issue and others, to search for solutions and approaches that do not deny the Palestinian their internationally guaranteed right and that protect the ceasefire. We are ready to adhere to the ceasefire as agreed upon.
With the presence of UN forces and an authority managing the Gaza Strip, the Strip will be safe and secure. There will be no exchange of war as long as the occupation abides by this. The agreement is still in its beginning. We are still talking about the bodies, aid entry, and shelter. Our people are still displaced; we are at the beginning of the road. What we want now is to provide relief and shelter for our people, the continuation of the ceasefire, and the start of reconstruction.
The prisoners' cause is a paramount national issue. We were striving and hoping to end the suffering of all prisoners and for them to be released in this deal, but circumstances prevented that. However, the issue of the prisoners and their liberation will remain on the discussion table of the Palestinian leadership.
We call on our brother mediators to open the way for everything to enter the Gaza Strip without restrictions. The occupation is currently using the issue of the bodies as a pretext to obstruct aid and the reopening of the crossing. All of this violates the agreement.
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