Qatar And Egypt Threaten Hamas If They Disagree With Ceasefire

JAKARTA - The Qatari and Egyptian authorities, at the direction of the United States Government, have threatened the leader of the Palestinian Hamas movement with possible detention, asset freeze, sanctions and expulsion from Doha refugees if they do not agree to a ceasefire agreement with Israel, reported the Wall Street Journal, citing a number of sources. However, the report states that these attempts have yielded the opposite results: Hamas said they would not agree to an agreement that did not meet the requirements. Last week, US President Joe Biden said that Israel had offered Hamas a three-stage proposal with a roadmap leading to the cessation of violence in the Gaza Strip and the release of the hostages.

The first phase of the deal included a total ceasefire, the withdrawal of Israeli troops from all centers of Gaza's population and the release of several hostages detained by Hamas, including injured, elderly, and female, as well as the release of Palestinians detained from prison. The second phase involves an indefinite cessation of hostilities in exchange for the release of the remaining hostages, as well as the third phase of this initiative is to initiate the reconstruction of war-torn Gaza.