Hamas Official Confirms it is Holding Indirect Talks with Israel

Sheik Hassan Yousef salutes as he is escorted by Israeli army soldiers out of the Ofer military jail. (AP/Oded Balilty) (AP/Oded Balilty)

Sheikh Hassan Yousef, one of Hamas’s leaders in the West Bank, confirmed that Israel and the Gaza-ruling Palestinian terrorist group are in the midst of negotiations through mediators.

Upon his recent release from Israeli prison, Yousef told Channel 1 journalist Yoram Cohen that Hamas and Israel are trying to work out a deal for a long-term truce. According to Yousef, the deal being negotiated involves Israel helping Gaza rebuild following last year’s war there and providing a floating port along the Gaza coast, in exchange for Hamas maintaining a state of calm over the long run.

Yousef warned that if Gaza is not rebuilt soon, Hamas violence would resume.

By: Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org

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