HAMAS reiterates: No exchange of hostages without a complete cessation of hostilities

 The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement HAMAS has insisted that it will agree to implement the agreement to exchange hostages with the Zionist regime of Israel, only when the hostile regime agrees to a full cessation of hostilities and allows humanitarian aid to enter the Gaza Strip. This was explained by Khalil al-Hayya, a member of the political office of Hamas in an interview with Aljazeera television emphasizing that: "The return of prisoners (Israelis) has three costs. The first is the relief of our people and return to their homes in a normal life. The second is the cessation of aggression, and the third is the hostage exchange program that frees our 10,000 hostages who are in Israeli jails". Al-Hayya said, Israel refuses to leave Gaza and refuses to allow Palestinians who were forced to flee their homes to return to their homes. On Saturday, Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, claimed that Hamas' proposal for a cease-fire and hostage exchange was "deceptive." Khalil al-Hayya Khalil al-Hayya said, Netanyahu rejected last week what he agreed to in the Paris document. According to a Palestinian source, on February 7, Hamas proposed a three-stage ceasefire plan in Gaza that includes a 135-day ceasefire in exchange for the release of hostages. The initial agreement on the plan was worked out during a meeting in Paris last month involving senior officials from the United States, Israel, Qatar and Egypt. The Zionist regime believes that there are 134 Israelis being detained in Gaza after its army succeeded last week in freeing two Israelis held in the town of Rafah in southern Gaza.