Hamas has refused to engage in ceasefire talks for weeks, US State Dept. says

[Beastly Boy]

Hamas has refused to take part in negotiations for a hostage release-ceasefire deal for the past several weeks, US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said on Wednesday.

During the Wednesday press briefing, a reporter asked Miller if Israel's war with Hezbollah had forced discussion of a ceasefire in Gaza from the table or if such talks were yet ongoing.

"It’s not that it’s been overtaken by the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah. It’s that Hamas has, again, refused to engage," Miller replied, adding that Hamas's refusals to engage predate the events of the last week and a half, during which Israel has launched a ground operation in Lebanon and attacked Hezbollah's leadership, infrastructure, and fighters.
'Hamas has refused to engage'

According to the State Department spokesperson, despite the mediators' attempt to come up with the "soundings of what might be agreeable" for whatever reason, "Hamas has refused to engage."

https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-823045

[JustAnotherGen]

1. Not surprised

Are you? Same shit different day from the Terrorist Organization.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

2. I imagine that someone will be along shortly to blame

ISRAEL.
It's inevitable.

[sarisataka]

4. Well that didn't take long

you're prescient!

[CanonRay]

3. Sicne their leadership was decapitated

It doesn't surprise me that there's probably no one authorized to engage.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

5. Since Iran is their main backer,

then all the Iranians would have to do is cut off the aid to them and open negotiations with Israel for a just peace.
It would be like what America did to the Japanese troops on the islands in the Pacific with the strategy of island hopping, bypass HAMAs and let them rot on the vine, for without Iranian backing, they will just wither away.

[Beastly Boy]

6. What didn't surprise you before their leadership was decapitated?

[Rob H.]

7. No coincidence that the article left that out nt

[sarisataka]

8. How is it applicable?

Hamas was refusing to participate before the Hezbollah leaders were killed.

[sarisataka]

9. Whose leadership?