Hamas said in a statement that it was reviewing the latest Israeli proposal and would respond as “soon as possible”.
Senior Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri stated clearly prior to the release of the official statement that Hamas would not accept any demand to disarm, saying that “as long as there is an occupation, the resistance will continue”.
“The request to disarm Hamas is not even acceptable to hear. This is not just a red line, it is a million red lines,” Abu Zuhri said. “Everyone should understand that this is a dream – daydreaming. It cannot be achieved.”
Hamas has insisted that the Zionist regime commit to ending the war and remove its forces from Gaza. In return, it has offered to hand over all remaining captives “in one batch”.
In fact, there is unanimous consensus amongst Palestinian Resistance factions about the red line for the occupations demands. Below we publish a few statements:
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In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most MercifulThe Follow-up Committee of National and Islamic Forces has monitored the news regarding the new proposal for a ceasefire, which includes a clause for the disarmament of the resistance and the handing over of zionist captives to the occupation without any genuine guarantees for ending the war of genocide against our people and for the complete withdrawal from the Gaza Strip.In this context, the Follow-up Committee of National and Islamic Forces affirms the following:
1) We reject the logic that exaggerates the primitive weapon victim, which is intended solely for self-defense, at a time when the United States announces the delivery of a large shipment of lethal weapons and heavy bombs—which are being dropped on the heads of our defenseless people—to the occupation (the murderer).
2) The Gaza Strip represents a security zone for the Arab Republic of Egypt and separates it from the enemy of the Arab nation. The people of the strip represent the vanguard of Egypt’s army and its primary guardian, and Egypt constitutes a strategic depth for the Palestinians.
3) Any truce that lacks genuine guarantees for ending the war, ensuring a complete withdrawal, lifting the siege, and undertaking reconstruction will be a political trap that legitimizes the occupation rather than resisting it. Mediators and the international community must exert pressure on the zionist occupation, which has historically been known to renege on all agreements and understandings.
4) A massive deception operation is underway by focusing on the issue of disarming the victim, while the core problem lies in the occupation’s failure to implement the three-phase agreement—which the Palestinian side agreed to and committed to. Even the zionist community itself recognizes that it is Netanyahu who has sabotaged the ceasefire agreement amid lethal international collusion and silence.
Follow-up Committee of National and Islamic Forces
Tuesday: 17 Shawwal 1446 AH
Corresponding to: 15 April 2025
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The zionist entity continues its terrorism, fascism, and bloody crimes against our people in the Gaza Strip, deluding itself that it can achieve its goals by subjugating our people and resistance through American military and political support and the complicity and hypocrisy of the international community.We affirm that the Palestinian resistance is open to any proposal that ends the criminal war and genocide waged by the entity against our people — including the withdrawal of the zionist enemy from the Gaza Strip, reconstruction, the entry of aid, and relief for our people without any conditions.We stress that the enemy’s inclusion of the resistance’s weapons in the ceasefire proposal is intended to obstruct and sabotage negotiations. It proves that the enemy has no desire to reach any agreement that would lead to the return of its captives or an end to the war, aggression, and daily massacres it commits against women, children, and all segments of our people.
The weapons of the resistance are a fundamental right of our people, non-negotiable, and directly tied to ending the zionist occupation, liberating our land and holy sites, and achieving our people’s goals of return and liberation. We will defeat the illusions of the zionist enemy and its American ally — illusions they attempt to impose on our people through iron, fire, and bloodshed.
Resistance Committees in Palestine
Tuesday, 17th of Shawwal, 1446 AH — Corresponding to April 15, 2025
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The resistance’s weapons are a pure right of our Palestinian people and are not subject to any negotiation or discussion.Hamas informed the Egyptian mediator, on behalf of all Palestinian factions, that the resistance’s weapons belong to our people and are not up for negotiation.There is no rational party, inside or outside the resistance, that would accept surrendering the weapons and leaving our people unprotected.
Weapons are the first line of defense and a fundamental pillar of our people’s existence and their insistence on the right to self-determination.
Our people are exercising their legitimate legal and humanitarian right to defend themselves against the occupation, as guaranteed by international laws and conventions.
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Internal assessments indicate that the recent round of negotiations in Cairo has failed, given the framework that was presented during the talks.The proposal presented, in the form received by the negotiating delegation, is completely rejected by consensus among all of the factions and is non-negotiable, due to its condition of disarming the resistance and its failure to guarantee the end of the war and the withdrawal of the occupation army from all areas it occupies within the Gaza Strip.There is an American-“israeli” plan aimed at stripping the resistance of the prisoner card, in order to implement U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to depopulate and evacuate Gaza. What is hindering them is the prisoner card and the pressure it exerts on them. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Trump are gambling with the fate of the captives.
The movement is not willing to give up the resistance’s weapons. These weapons belong to the Palestinian people.
Numerous proposals have recently been put forward to meet “israeli” demands regarding resistance weapons and leadership, which have been unanimously rejected by all resistance factions, not just Hamas.