Hamas Responds to New Deception by Washington and Tel Aviv in Doha Talks
According to the English section of webangah News Agency, citing Hamas’s Telegram channel, following new deception by the United States and Israel in Gaza ceasefire talks in Doha and their negotiating delegations’ withdrawal, Ezzat al-Rishq, a senior member of Hamas’s political bureau, said today: “We were surprised by statements from U.S. President Donald Trump and previously from Steve Witkoff, Washington’s special envoy, which contradict mediators’ assessments of Hamas’s position and conflict with a negotiation process that showed real progress.”
Al-Rishq added: “The mediating parties-especially Qatar and Egypt-expressed satisfaction and appreciation for Hamas’s serious and constructive stance during negotiations. Though, American statements ignore a real obstacle to all agreements: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his cabinet who evade all their commitments.”
He emphasized: ”As negotiations began, Hamas has acted responsibly and with great flexibility. We have been eager to reach a complete agreement to stop aggression and end our people’s suffering in Gaza. Our final response came after broad consultations with Palestinian groups, mediators, and friendly countries. We positively accepted all suggestions within Witkoff’s document framework with flexibility. We also stressed transparency; strengthening provisions related especially to humanitarian aspects; guaranteeing extensive aid flows; distributing aid through the United Nations and its affiliated agencies without Israeli interference.”
The Hamas official stated: “We clarified our position regarding Israeli military withdrawals by calling for reducing buffer zones where Israel will remain during a 60-day ceasefire period; withdrawing from densely populated areas to ensure residents can return safely.”
Al-Rishq strongly denied all U.S. accusations alleging Hamas theft of aid entering Gaza: “Even according to recent research by USAID reported by Reuters,there is no visual evidence supporting such theft claims. Approximately 44 out of 156 alleged thefts resulted from Israeli military actions.”
He stressed that despite this reality Israel continues bombing aid distribution sites while fueling chaos and obstructing relief efforts inside Gaza.
Addressing the U.S. government directly, Ezzat al-Rishq urged: “Rather of absolving Tel Aviv or providing it political-military support for ongoing genocide crimes against over two million Palestinians in Gaza-including starvation-apply genuine pressure on Israelis to end hostilities promptly and agree on prisoner exchanges.”
