As Israeli assaults across Gaza resume, Hamas accuses Benjamin Netanyahu of bad faith.
A Hamas official has confirmed to Al Jazeera the presence of a “signed agreement” on the ceasefire deal, adding that it was Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who “backed down on the agreement” before launching the deadly assault on Tuesday.
Israel’s news/2025/3/19/israeli-attacks-on-gaza-kill-14-palestinians-overnight” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener”>latest wave of deadly attacks across Gaza shattered the fragile two-month ceasefire agreement it had with Hamas. At least 404 Palestinians were killed and hundreds wounded in the air raids.
“Why do we have to present proposals while there exists a signed agreement with international parties acting as guarantors?” Taher al-Nono, media adviser for the head of the Hamas political bureau, told Al Jazeera.
“There is also a Security Council resolution. We have positively responded to all the efforts made towards us. It was Netanyahu that has backed down on the agreement. It was Netanyahu who turned a blind eye to it. Therefore, it is Netanyahu, not Hamas or the resistance, that should be pressured to comply.”
Al-Nono added that Hamas is communicating with mediators and international actors to stop Israeli aggression in Gaza.
On Tuesday, Palestinians who had returned to their damaged and destroyed homes news/2025/3/18/why-did-israel-break-the-ceasefire-in-gaza”>after the ceasefire came into effect were also targeted by Israel’s relentless bombing as entire families were wiped out in seconds.
Hamas has said it views Israel’s latest attacks as a unilateral cancellation of the ceasefire deal.
“Netanyahu and his extremist government are making a decision to overturn the ceasefire agreement, exposing prisoners in Gaza to an unknown fate,” Hamas said in a statement on Tuesday.
It called on people in Arab and Islamic nations, along with the “free people of the world”, to take to the streets to protest against the assault.
