Hamas’s options are shrinking, as Israel torments Gaza: Marwan Bishara

The Palestinian group has now issued an official statement with its position on the latest Gaza ceasefire proposal after a senior Hamas official told Al Jazeera that the group had rejected any clauses that would see it forced to disarm. Hamas said that its leadership was “studying, with great national responsibility, the proposal it received from the mediating brothers, and will submit its response to it as soon as possible”. “The movement reiterates its firm position that any future agreement must achieve a permanent ceasefire, a complete withdrawal of occupation forces from the Gaza Strip, a genuine prisoner exchange deal, the start of a serious process to rebuild what the occupation [Israel] has destroyed, and the lifting of the unjust siege on our people in the Gaza Strip,” the statement added.