Any ceasefire in Gaza will be on Palestinians’ conditions, says Hamas spokesman - TASS

Mediatory efforts towards a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip have been failing so far as any ceasefire will only be possible on conditions of the Palestinian resistance rather than of Israel, deputy head of the Hamas Political Bureau abroad Moussa Abu Marzouk said on Sunday.

"Mediatory efforts at the Gaza ceasefire talks have been failing so far," he said in an interview with Al Jazeera TV. "In any case, if it happens, the ceasefire will be on our conditions, on conditions of the Palestinian resistance, not on conditions of Israeli occupation."

Touching on Washington’s position, he noted that the United States "is the first after Israel to be responsible for Palestinians’ blood."