{"id":126894,"date":"2026-01-05T17:05:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T15:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=126894"},"modified":"2026-01-01T09:14:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T07:14:44","slug":"29-00-108","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=126894","title":{"rendered":"Senior Hamas Official Vows Terror Group Will Never Disarm, Rejects Foreign Pressure"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.algemeiner.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"center alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.reunion68.com\/Biuletyn\/img\/algem.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"35%\"><\/a><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\"><span><strong><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.algemeiner.com\/2025\/12\/25\/senior-hamas-official-vows-terror-group-will-never-disarm-rejects-foreign-pressure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Senior Hamas Official Vows Terror Group Will Never Disarm, Rejects Foreign Pressure<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Ailin Vilches Arguello<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr style=\"height: 15px; background: #d0e6fa; width: 100%;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.algemeiner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/2024-06-12T173958Z_1_LYNXMPEK5B0S4_RTROPTP_4_ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS-TALKS1.jpg\" width=\"100%\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>Hamas official Osama Hamdan speaks during a press conference, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Beirut, Lebanon, June 4, 2024. Photo: REUTERS\/Mohamed Azakir<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Hamas has once again rejected calls to disarm, warning against \u201cforeign interference in Palestinian affairs\u201d as the terrorist group\u2019s senior officials&nbsp;<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.algemeiner.com\/2025\/12\/08\/qatar-turkey-try-circumvent-hamas-disarmament-terror-group-escalates-crackdown-gaza\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">met with Turkish leaders<\/a>&nbsp;to discuss the next phase of the US-backed peace plan for Gaza.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">In an interview with the Yemeni news outlet Al-Masirah on Tuesday, Hamas Political Bureau member Osama Hamdan reiterated that the Islamist group&nbsp;<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.algemeiner.com\/2025\/11\/26\/hamas-continues-reject-disarmament-fragile-us-backed-gaza-peace-plan-faces-hurdles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">will never hand over its weapons<\/a>&nbsp;to foreign powers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u201cThe resistance rejects any foreign attempt to disarm us or seize the weapons the occupation failed to take,\u201d the terrorist leader said. \u201cThe idea of surrendering our arms is one the resistance will never accept.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u201cIn the second phase of the Gaza agreement, the guarantees must be clearer, and the commitments more detailed,\u201d Hamdan continued. \u201cThe Zionist enemy does not abide by the agreement. Israel\u2019s failure to open the [humanitarian] crossings signals its intention to resume aggression against the Gaza Strip.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">On Wednesday, senior Hamas officials met with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan in Ankara to discuss the ongoing ceasefire and coordinate the next steps in advancing the&nbsp;<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.algemeiner.com\/2025\/12\/06\/turkeys-fidan-gaza-governance-must-precede-hamas-disarmament-in-ceasefire-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">second phase of US President Donald Trump\u2019s peace plan<\/a>&nbsp;to end the two-year conflict.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u201cThe Americans want to impose hegemony on the region, with the Zionist entity [Israel] as its foundation,\u201d Hamdan said during the interview. \u201cDisarming the resistance would give Israel absolute control over the entire region.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u201cThe resistance is capable of continuing the fight, and I am confident the outcome of this conflict will be the demise of this entity,\u201d he continued.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">According to media reports, Hamas officials told Turkish counterparts they had fulfilled their ceasefire commitments, but accused Israel of violating the deal while blocking progress to the next phase of the agreement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Since the start of the ceasefire in October, both sides have repeatedly&nbsp;<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.algemeiner.com\/2025\/12\/24\/israel-says-will-respond-hamas-violation-gaza-truce-terror-group-denies-responsibility\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">accused each other of violations<\/a>. Israel has carried out several operations targeting terrorist operatives as the Palestinian group ramps up efforts to reassert control over the war-torn enclave.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">According to the US-backed peace plan, the second phase is expected to establish an interim administrative authority \u2014 a so-called \u201ctechnocratic government\u201d \u2014 deploy an International Stabilization Force (ISF) to take over security in Gaza, and begin the demilitarization of Hamas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">However, efforts to advance the ceasefire deal have stalled, with no agreement on crucial next steps, including the start of reconstruction in the enclave and the deployment of the ISF.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Turkey, a longtime backer of Hamas, has been trying to expand its role in Gaza\u2019s post-war reconstruction efforts, which experts warn could&nbsp;<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.algemeiner.com\/2025\/10\/21\/qatar-turkeys-expanding-roles-gaza-could-strengthen-hamas-infrastructure-experts-warn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">potentially&nbsp;<\/a>strengthen Hamas\u2019s terrorist infrastructure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">While Turkey insists on participating in the ISF, Israeli officials have repeatedly rejected any Turkish involvement in post-war Gaza.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Turkey has even sought to shield Hamas from disarmament by pushing for the terrorist group to hand over its weapons to the Palestinian Authority or place them in secure international storage, rather than requiring it to disarm.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Israeli officials have rejected these options as unacceptable, arguing they would allow the terrorist group to maintain its influence in Gaza, which Hamas has ruled for nearly two decades.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Under phase one of Trump\u2019s peace plan, Hamas was required&nbsp;<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.algemeiner.com\/2025\/10\/13\/all-20-living-hostages-freed-back-home-israel-2-years-after-hamass-oct-7-attack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to release<\/a>&nbsp;all remaining hostages, both living and deceased, who were kidnapped by Hamas-led Palestinian terrorists during the group\u2019s invasion of and massacre across southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">In exchange, Israel freed thousands of Palestinian prisoners, including many serving life sentences for terrorism, and partially withdrew its military forces in Gaza to a newly drawn \u201cYellow Line,\u201d roughly dividing the enclave between east and west.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">According to the ceasefire plan, the Israeli army is required to withdraw further as the disarmament process unfolds. However, Israel has made clear that it&nbsp;<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.algemeiner.com\/2025\/12\/03\/israel-says-received-body-hamas-indicates-rafah-crossing-open-soon-let-gazans-cross-egypt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">will not pull back until Hamas disarms<\/a>&nbsp;and other conditions are met.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Currently, the Israeli military controls 53 percent of Gaza\u2019s territory, and Hamas has moved to reestablish control over the other 47 percent. However, the vast majority of the Gazan population is located in the Hamas-controlled half, where the Islamist group has been imposing a brutal crackdown.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Since the ceasefire took effect two months ago, Hamas has targeted Palestinians who it labeled as \u201clawbreakers and collaborators with Israel,\u201d&nbsp;<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.algemeiner.com\/2025\/10\/13\/hamas-clashes-rivals-targets-prominent-families-gaza-power-struggle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sparking widespread clashes and violence<\/a>&nbsp;as the group moves to seize weapons and eliminate any opposition.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr style=\"height: 15px; background: #d0e6fa; width: 100%;\">\n<div id=\"content\" class=\"content-alignment\">\n<div id=\"watch-description\" class=\"yt-uix-button-panel\">\n<div id=\"watch-description-text\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><em>Zawarto\u015b\u0107 publikowanych artyku\u0142\u00f3w i materia\u0142\u00f3w nie reprezentuje pogl\u0105d\u00f3w ani opinii Reunion&#8217;68,<\/em><em><br \/>\nani te\u017c webmastera Blogu Reunion&#8217;68, chyba ze jest to wyra\u017anie zaznaczone.<br \/>\nTwoje uwagi, linki, w\u0142asne artyku\u0142y lub wiadomo\u015bci prze\u015blij na adres:<br \/>\n<\/em><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><em><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"mailto:webmaster@reunion68.com\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">webmaster@reunion68.com<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senior Hamas Official Vows Terror Group Will Never Disarm, Rejects Foreign Pressure Ailin Vilches Arguello Hamas official Osama Hamdan speaks during a press conference, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Beirut, Lebanon, June 4, 2024. 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