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Hamas dismisses Israeli claims of progress in Gaza ceasefire talks

Iran Press TV

Wednesday, 16 July 2025 5:29 PM

A senior member of the Hamas political bureau has dismissed Israeli media claims of progress in new ceasefire talks aimed at bringing an end to the campaign of genocide in Gaza.

"(Israel) has not yet delivered any new or revised maps regarding military withdrawals from the Gaza Strip," Bassem Naim said on Wednesday.

The Hamas official made the remarks hours after Israeli public broadcaster Kan claimed that work was ongoing to revise Israeli pullback maps from the besieged Palestinian territory.

Naim said Israel's refusal to withdraw all of its troops from Gaza was holding back progress on securing an agreement.

"The entire Gaza Strip is currently under the military control of (Israel)."

"What is happening on the ground confirms (Israel's) intentions and plans to maintain and prolong military control within the Gaza Strip for the long term."

The Hamas official underscored "unwillingness" on the part o the Israeli regime to withdraw from Gaza, "contrary to what the occupation claims in the ongoing negotiations in Doha and contrary to what it tells the mediators."

The indirect negotiations in the Qatari capital were in their second week.

Delegations from both sides began discussions to try to agree to a temporary halt to Israel's hostilities.

Hamas and Israel have announced that 10 living captives, taken during Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, would be released if an agreement for a 60-day ceasefire were reached.

Hamas has said it wants a complete withdrawal of Israeli troops from Gaza, which is home to more than 2.3 million Palestinians.

The Palestinian resistance movement said in a statement on July 14 that the "criminal Netanyahu" was plunging the Israeli military army and his entity into a futile war with no prospects.

Observers say Israel has failed to achieve any of its stated goals in Gaza since October 2023.

Israeli reserve major-general Yitzhak Brik recently told the Hebrew-language Maariv that Hamas now numbers about 40,000 resistance fighters, similar to its strength before the Israeli aggression began in Gaza.

Hamas also says resistance fighters were now "waging a war of attrition that surprises the enemy daily with innovative field tactics, causing it to lose the initiative and confuse its calculations, despite its superior firepower and air superiority."