No agreement without permanent ceasefire, Hamas will not disarm: Yahya Sinwar

The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on Thursday that Hamas leader, Yahya Sinwar, responded to intermediaries regarding the prisoner exchange proposal made by US President Joe Biden.

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Sinwar told the Arab negotiators that he would not accept a peace agreement unless Tel Aviv committed to a permanent ceasefire.

Furthermore, Sinwar informed them that Hamas would not give up its weapons or sign any proposal that demands this.

Earlier, Hamas leader Osama Hamdan stated that Biden’s ceasefire agreement was merely "words," noting that the movement had not received any written commitments regarding a truce.

He indicated that Biden was trying to "cover up the Israeli rejection" of a previously proposed agreement last May, which Hamas had agreed to.