Israel and Hamas trade blame over delay of second phase of Gaza ceasefire
Al Jazeera
Both sides accuse each other of violations jeopardising the US-brokered peace plan.
Israel and Hamas have traded accusations that the other is delaying the second phase of the US-brokered peace plan in Gaza.
The accusations on Sunday followed the killing of a senior Hamas commander near Gaza City, while Israel said Palestinian groups were refusing to hand over the remains of the last captive and seeking to “remilitarise”.
In a video statement released on Sunday, Hamas’s Gaza chief, Khalil al-Hayya, confirmed the killing of senior commander Raed Saad in an Israeli attack in Gaza the previous day. He accused Israel of violating the ceasefire and jeopardising the United States-brokered peace plan.
“The continued Israeli violations of the ceasefire agreement … and latest assassinations that targeted Saad and others threaten the viability of the agreement,” al-Hayya said.
He called on mediators – US President Donald Trump in particular – “to work on obliging Israel to respect the ceasefire and commit to it”.
Neither side has independently confirmed agreement, which comes amid five-day flare-up of cross-border fighting.
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