Hamas says Israel rejected ceasefire deal releasing all captives in Gaza

Abu Obeida says determination volition beryllium nary warrant of a instrumentality to partial deals if Israel leaves the negotiating array again.

The spokesperson of the subject helping of Hamas has said Israel rejected a ceasefire statement that would merchandise each captives held successful Gaza, and pledged that the radical is prepared for a lengthy warfare if determination is nary deal.

Abu Obeida, the longtime spokesperson of the Qassam Brigades, said successful a astir 20-minute prerecorded video released connected Friday that the radical had successful caller months offered a “comprehensive deal” that would merchandise each captives astatine erstwhile – but it was rejected by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his far-right ministers.

“It has go wide to america that the authorities of the transgression Netanyahu has nary existent involvement successful the captives due to the fact that they are soldiers,” helium said, adding that Hamas favours a woody that guarantees an extremity to the war, a withdrawal of Israeli forces, and introduction of humanitarian assistance for besieged Palestinians.

If Israel withdraws from this circular of indirect talks held successful Qatar, Abu Obeida said, past Hamas does not warrant a instrumentality to immoderate partial deals, including a 60-day woody presently nether treatment that would spot 10 captives released.

Hamas is inactive holding 50 radical successful Gaza, astir 20 of whom are believed to beryllium alive.

Mourners commune adjacent to the bodies of Palestinians who were killed successful Israeli strikes, during their ceremonial astatine Nasser Hospital successful Khan Younis, confederate Gaza Strip, July 18, 2025 [Hussam Al-Masri/Reuters]

In his archetypal video connection since aboriginal March, Abu Obeida besides said Hamas fighters are “ready to proceed a agelong conflict of attrition” and volition support up ambushes crossed Gaza with the purpose of sidesplitting oregon capturing invading Israeli soldiers.

He slammed the leaders of Arab and Islamic nations, arsenic well, for their inaction successful look of the “genocide” being committed by Israel, saying, “Your necks are burdened with the humor of tens of thousands of innocents who were betrayed by your silence.”

The comments travel arsenic the talks successful Doha person not led to immoderate results arsenic Israel insists connected maintaining and expanding subject power implicit Gaza, including the Morag Corridor and the caller Magen Oz Corridor that respectively abstracted Rafah and Khan Younis successful the southbound from the remainder of the enclave.

As soldiers proceed to artifact humanitarian assistance to the besieged colonisation and termination starving Palestinians astatine sites tally by the arguable GHF, Israel is besides advancing with plans to build a attraction camp connected the ruins of Rafah contempt planetary criticism.

At slightest 41 Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces connected Friday, aesculapian sources confirmed to Al Jazeera.

Latest figures by Gaza’s Ministry of Health amusement that much than 58,667 Palestinians person been killed and 139,974 others wounded since the commencement of the warfare successful October 2023, including astatine slightest 7,843 killed and 27,993 injured since Israel broke the past ceasefire successful March.

The ministry added that an “unprecedented” fig of starved radical of each ages, including children, are arriving astatine exigency departments of the fewer hospitals near partially lasting successful Gaza successful a authorities of utmost exhaustion and fatigue.