The only thing Israel has succeeded in is committing war crimes, adds the movement.
The Palestinian militant movement Hamas declared on Saturday, a day before the beginning of the cease-fire in the Gaza Strip, that Israel “did not achieve its aggressive goals” in the Palestinian enclave. TASR reports this according to the report of the AFP agency.
Israel “succeeded only in committing war crimes that demean the dignity of humanity,” the movement said in a statement.
The agreement between Israel and Hamas on a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip was confirmed by mediators on Wednesday evening. On Friday, the agreement was approved by the Israeli security cabinet and subsequently approved by the Israeli government. The agreement will enter into force on Sunday at 8:30 a.m. local time. According to the plan, the release of prisoners should begin already on Sunday.
Hamas has not yet commented on the agreement
For the first time since its announcement, the leader of the Lebanese Hezbollah movement, Naim Qasim, also commented on the ceasefire agreement. According to him, the aforementioned agreement proves “the persistence of resistance against Israel,” writes Reuters.
“This agreement, which is unchanged from what was proposed in May 2024, demonstrates the persistence of the resistance groups, who took what they wanted while Israel was unable to take what it wanted,” Qasim said, referring to the agreement , which was presented by US President Joe Biden last May.
In November, Israel and Hezbollah agreed to a cease-fire in the conflict that ran parallel to the war in the Gaza Strip. This truce, brokered by the United States and France, requires that Israeli troops withdraw from southern Lebanon within 60 days and that Hezbollah withdraw its fighters and weapons from the south of the country, Reuters reports.
