Netanyahu Slams ‘Extreme’ Hamas Demands as Truce Talks Stall
- Israel says Iran-backed group refusing to make any compromises
- Development comes as US-Israel relations worsen after UN vote
Benjamin Netanyahu
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Cease-fire talks between Israel and Hamas broke down again, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accusing the Islamist group of making “extreme demands.”
“Hamas once again rejected an American compromise proposal,” Netanyahu’s office said on Tuesday. He cited the organization’s insistence on an immediate end to the war in Gaza, the complete withdrawal of Israeli forces from the territory and “leaving in place its administration so that it can repeat, time and again, the massacre of October 7.”