Hamas rejected the clause in US President Donald Trump's Gaza peace plan regarding its disarmament, claiming that it was not part of the original negotiations, the Qatar-based Al Jazeera Mubasher reported on Monday. "No clause regarding the disarmament of the resistance was on the table in the Sharm El-Sheikh negotiations," Senior Hamas official Osama Hamdan told the Qatari outlet. "It is unacceptable that we be imposed with the equation of either we are killed or we surrender."
Hamdan further claimed that Hamas had contacted members of the United Nations Security Council to discuss its "observations on the American draft resolution." Palestinian factions released a statement on Tuesday afternoon also condemning the vote, viewing the move as a “tool of guardianship and an international partnership in the genocide of [the Palestinian] people.”
US Ambassador to the United Nations Michael Waltz responded to Hamas's rejection of the disarmament clause, calling its refusal of the peace deal "proof that it is a good plan." Hamas had earlier rejected the UNSC's passing of the resolution, saying it fails to meet Palestinians' rights and demands and seeks to impose an international trusteeship on the Gaza Strip that Palestinians and "resistance factions" oppose. (Read More)
