Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office denied that he made changes to a US-backed truce proposal after Hamas accused him of setting new conditions, Anadolu Agency reports.
In a statement, Netanyahu’s office said Hamas is to be blamed for preventing an agreement and accused it of being the one insisting on several changes to the original proposal.
The statement reiterated Netanyahu’s conditions of maximizing the number of living hostages released and the creation of a special security mechanism to prevent Hamas fighters from returning to the northern Gaza Strip.
According to Israeli media, Netanyahu’s latest conditions weren’t included in the proposal announced by US President Joe Biden in May, which Biden said Israel had agreed to.