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Hamas spokesman Abu Obeida has said that calling for the group\u2019s disarmament amounted to an attempt to continue Israel\u2019s genocide.<\/p>\n
Hamas\u2019s armed wing has rejected calls for the Palestinian group to disarm, saying that discussing the issue before Israel fully implements the first phase of the United States-brokered \u201cceasefire\u201d in Israel\u2019s war on Gaza amounts to an attempt to continue the genocide against the Palestinian people.<\/p>\n
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In a televised statement on Sunday, Obeida, who is Hamas\u2019s armed wing spokesperson, said that raising the issue of weapons \u201cin a crude manner\u201d would not be accepted.<\/p>\n
The issue of Hamas relinquishing its weapons is a major obstacle in talks to implement US President Donald Trump\u2019s 20-point plan for Gaza, aimed at ending Israel\u2019s war on the besieged territory.<\/p>\n
Since the US- and Qatar-brokered \u201cceasefire\u201d took effect in October, more than 705 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks, according to the Palestinian news agency Wafa.<\/p>\n
Hamas has told mediators it will not discuss disarmament without guarantees that Israel will completely withdraw from Gaza, three sources told the Reuters news agency last week.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat the enemy is trying to push through today against the Palestinian resistance, via our brotherly mediators, is extremely dangerous,\u201d Obeida said.<\/p>\n
He said the disarmament demands were \u201cnothing but an overt attempt to continue the genocide against our people, something we will not accept under any circumstances\u201d.<\/p>\n
It was not immediately clear whether the comments amounted to a formal rejection of the US-backed plan, which includes a demand that Hamas lay down its arms.<\/p>\n
Israel\u2019s genocidal war on Gaza, which began after the Hamas-led attacks on southern Israel in October 2023, has killed more than 72,000 Palestinians and injured at least 172,000 others.<\/p>\n
Obeida urged mediators to pressure Israel to fulfil its commitments under the first phase of the Trump plan before any discussion of the second phase can take place.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe enemy is the one who undermines the agreement,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
There was no immediate comment from Israel on his remarks.<\/p>\n