Hamas no longer interested in truce talks, until….

Hamas, on Tuesday, May 6, 2025, declared it is no longer willing to participate in ceasefire negotiations with Israel.

It urged the international community to intervene and stop what it described as Israel’s “hunger war” on Gaza.

This announcement came shortly after Israeli officials reportedly approved a major military operation on Gaza.

The operation was supposedly aimed at increasing control over Gaza and displacing a significant portion of its population.

According to Basem Naim, a senior Hamas official, there is no rationale for continuing talks while what he called acts of extermination and starvation persist in the territory.

On Monday, Israel’s security cabinet authorized a new military initiative titled Operation Gideon’s Chariots.

An Israeli official explained the plan includes fully seizing control of Gaza and maintaining a long-term presence.

Effie Defrin, Israel’s chief military spokesperson, stated the strategy involved relocating the majority of Gaza’s residents to safeguard them.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu echoed this sentiment in a social media post.

He claimed that the population would be moved for their own safety, though he provided no further information.

Since the conflict began following Hamas’s attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, Gaza’s population of 2.3 million has faced repeated displacements.

The attack reportedly resulted in approximately 1,200 deaths, mostly civilians, and around 250 kidnappings.

The Israeli military response has since led to over 52,000 deaths.

A temporary truce that lasted two months fell apart in mid-March when Israel failed to implement the agreed second phase of the ceasefire.

Indirect negotiations, mediated by Qatar and Egypt, have continued intermittently but with little success.

According to media reports, prospects for a resolution remain bleak, as Israel insists Hamas must disarm.

On the other hand, Hamas demands a complete and permanent ceasefire and a full Israeli withdrawal from Gaza before releasing any hostages.

Observers suggest that Israel’s threats of expanded military action, including occupation and mass displacement, could be tactics to pressure Hamas into concessions.

They also suggest it could also consolidate support from Netanyahu’s rightwing political base.

Meanwhile, Hamas has criticized Israel’s newly proposed system for delivering humanitarian aid in Gaza, calling it a form of “political blackmail.”

The group blames Israel for the severe humanitarian crisis in the enclave.

The Israeli plan has drawn international alarm.

France’s foreign minister, Jean-Noël Barrot, condemned the proposed offensive as “unacceptable” and said it violates humanitarian law.

The UK Foreign Office also expressed opposition to any broadening of Israeli military activity in Gaza.

A spokesperson for United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said the UN leader was “alarmed” by the proposed plan, warning that it would likely result in further civilian deaths and greater destruction.

The humanitarian situation in Gaza has reached critical levels, with aid organizations warning that the area is nearing total collapse due to Israel’s complete blockade imposed on March 2.

Israeli officials have outlined varying versions of a new plan to allow limited aid into Gaza.

The proposed model involves creating a few aid distribution centers in the south, managed by private contractors but guarded by Israeli troops.

However, humanitarian groups have dismissed the plan as unworkable, unsafe, and potentially illegal.

While U.S. officials have not directly addressed Israel’s latest military threat, former President Donald Trump stated on Monday that his administration would work to deliver food to starving Palestinians in Gaza.

He placed the blame for the crisis on Hamas, accusing the group of diverting aid for its fighters.

“We’re going to help the people of Gaza get some food.

“People are starving,” Trump told reporters at the White House, though he criticized Hamas for obstructing relief efforts.

Israeli officials reportedly indicated that the planned operation will not begin until after Trump’s visit next week to Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Qatar concludes.

Meanwhile, Naim, a Hamas political bureau member and former Gaza health minister, called for global pressure to end what he labeled as Israeli “crimes of hunger, thirst, and killings.”

Israeli forces have recently strengthened their control over Gaza.

They have reportedly reinforced buffer zones along the territory’s edges and expanding their presence in both the northern and southern regions.

Currently, over 70% of Gaza is either under Israeli control or subject to evacuation orders issued by the Israeli military.

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