War in Gaza Will Not Resume After First Stage of Ceasefire, Senior Hamas Official Says
08:53 04.02.2025 (Updated: 12:07 04.02.2025)
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Qatari Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani announced that the second phase of Gaza conflict negotiations should start on February 3. Earlier, Western media reported that Israel would not send negotiators to Doha for truce talks with Hamas.
The war in Palestine's Gaza Strip will not resume after the implementation of the first stage of the ceasefire deal, Hamas political office deputy head Musa Abu Marzouk told Sputnik.
"I rule out that the war will resume after the first stage [of the ceasefire deal]. Not because he [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu] is peace-loving, but the Israeli army will fight, and the remaining prisoners are its servicemen. In total, more than 60 Israeli prisoners of war are in captivity," Abu Marzouk said.
He also expressed the opinion that Israel would probably agree to a second deal in order to secure the release of its servicemen. He also responded that the Israel Defense Forces was unlikely to resume hostilities that could result in the death of prisoners of war.
"Therefore, the Israeli army will not fight while their comrades are in captivity. All this time they fought to free women, the sick, and civilians, but they did not free soldiers," Abu Marzouk added.
