STORY: Hamas says Israel should be bound by past ceasefire talks
SHOOTING TIME: Aug. 26, 2024
DATELINE: Aug. 27, 2024
LENGTH: 00:02:59
LOCATION: Gaza
CATEGORY: POLITICS/MILITARY

SHOTLIST:
1. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): YAHIA SAFI, Palestinian resident
2. various of Palestinians in public places in the city of Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip

STORYLINE:

Hamas said on Sunday that its delegation demanded Israel be bound by what was agreed upon on July 2, based on what was stated in U.S. President Joe Biden's speech and the UN Security Council's resolution.

The Hamas negotiating delegation left Cairo on Sunday evening after meeting with mediators from Egypt and Qatar, and receiving the results of the latest round of the Gaza ceasefire negotiations, Ezzat Al-Rashq, a member of the Hamas Political Bureau, said in a statement.

The group is ready to implement what has been agreed upon before, in a way that achieves the supreme interests of the people in Gaza including stopping the aggression against them, according to the statement.

The delegation stressed that any agreement must include a permanent ceasefire, Israel's complete withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, the return of Gazan residents to their homes, relief and reconstruction, and a serious prisoner-hostage exchange deal, it added.

Israel has been launching a large-scale offensive against Hamas in the Gaza Strip to retaliate against a Hamas rampage through the southern Israeli border on Oct. 7, 2023, during which about 1,200 people were killed and about 250 taken hostages.

The Palestinian death toll from ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has risen to 40,405, Gaza-based health authorities said in a statement on Sunday. 

SOUNDBITE (Arabic): YAHIA SAFI, Palestinian resident
"My brother and I are the only survivors of an Israeli bombing that targeted our four-story house in Jabalia. I still feel hopeful that the war will stop because the situation cannot continue as it is now."

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Gaza.
(XHTV)