Steve Witkoff Criticizes Hamas Response to Hostage Deal Proposal

U.S. Particular Envoy to the Center East Steve Witkoff criticized Hamas for its response to a proposed hostage and ceasefire deal, calling the response “completely unacceptable.”

In a submit on X, Witkoff acknowledged that Hamas “ought to settle for the framework proposal” that was put ahead, including that it was “the one approach” to “shut a 60-day ceasefire day” within the subsequent few days.

“I obtained the Hamas response to america’ proposal,” Witkoff mentioned. “It’s completely unacceptable and solely takes us backward. Hamas ought to settle for the framework proposal we put ahead as the idea for proximity talks, which we will start instantly this coming week.”

Witkoff continued:

That’s the solely approach we will shut a 60-day ceasefire deal within the coming days during which half of the residing hostages and half of those that are deceased will come house to their households and during which we will have on the proximity talks substantive negotiations in good-faith to attempt to attain a everlasting ceasefire.

Hamas’s response comes after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accepted the controversial proposed hostage and ceasefire deal, whereas Hamas had reportedly criticized it.

Breitbart Information beforehand reported that the ceasefire proposal deal “requires the discharge of 10 residing hostages — roughly half of these remaining — in addition to the our bodies of 18 useless Israeli hostages.”