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Hamas senior official: Netanyahu deliberately sabotages negotiations and insists on continuing the offensive.
According to reports from Iran's news television on the 23rd, a senior official of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), Mardavi, stated on the 24th that a comprehensive ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip is entirely possible. However, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is "deliberately sabotaging the negotiations and insisting on continuing the attacks" in order to "achieve his political objectives." Israeli media reported on the 21st that Netanyahu indicated he had instructed to immediately restart negotiations with Hamas. However, Netanyahu also stated that even if Hamas agrees to a ceasefire and the release of hostages, Israel will execute plans for a military takeover of the entire Gaza Strip.