Posted on 10/17/2025 12:21:15 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
Hamas intends to maintain security control in Gaza during an interim period, a senior Hamas official told Reuters, adding he could not commit to the group disarming - positions that reflect the difficulties facing US plans to secure an end to the war.
Hamas politburo member Mohammed Nazzal also said the group was ready for a ceasefire of up to five years to rebuild devastated Gaza, with guarantees for what happens afterwards depending on Palestinians being given "horizons and hope" for statehood.
Speaking to Reuters in an interview from Doha, where Hamas politicians have long resided, Nazzal defended the group's crackdown in Gaza, where it carried out public executions on Monday. There were always "exceptional measures" during war, and those executed were criminals guilty of killing, he said.
Trump's pressure to disarm
While Hamas has broadly expressed these views before, the timing of Nazzal's comments demonstrates the major obstacles obstructing efforts to cement a full end to the war in Gaza, days after the first phase of the ceasefire was agreed.
They point to big gaps between Hamas' positions and US President Donald Trump's plan for Gaza, ahead of negotiations expected to address Hamas' weapons and how Gaza is governed.
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Hamas politburo member...
No more chances, the Israeli plan is now back in action.
Just kill them all and be done with it.
Give Israel whatever they want up to and including nukes.
Enough with these savages.
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(Doha is.in Qatar…)
My shocked face...😴. Guess they want to exercise their 2nd amendment uh...........
Islam will never disarm. They have advanced too far in their mission. Besides, they have many ways to kill. Who or what can stop them?
Israel and the US did the best they could. Is this FA time?
Given that the distance from Gaza City to Jerusalem is about 50 miles, I’m thinking the Israelis aren’t that interested in nuking them
well, the Fakestinians have blown up the “peace deal” even faster than predicted
Need to dig out the hamass in the West also
Bye bye HAMAS!
WHO IS SURPRISED??????? NOT ME
I read this morning on Badlands Media that the people Hamas is killing are ISIS.
So, maybe it is a WIN/WIN. As long as they are just killing each other do we really care?
Let Allah sort it out.
Alu Ackbar !
As long as they are killing each other and Israel is gathering data, just sit back and watch this isn’t our direct war.
Once Hamas is done and thinks it is safe where it can rebuild itself, then attack and destroy it totally, everywhere in the world.
This is a religious war and we are in it whether
we like it or not.
I don’t you think you want to convert America
to a Moslem Theocracy.
Ok. Bring back the bulldozers and bulldoze Gaza into the sea.
People have forgotten (or never learned) the history of the Crusades.
Ok then, time to let Israel do what they wanted to do all along. Finish them off, clear the land, fill in the tunnels, Israel claims the land.
Hamas should take the amnesty and leave. The bottom line for them is if they give up their weapons the people of Gaza will surely massacre them. So in a way I don’t blame them for not wanting to give up their small arms. But Israel (and others) could finance a covert civil war against Hamas. There are already several large clans fighting, and sort of losing, to Hamas because Hamas is better trained. Can they hold out, especially if real material and intelligence support is given to other family clans?
Yes
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