{"id":12455,"date":"2026-02-17T10:13:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T10:13:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=12455"},"modified":"2026-02-17T10:13:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T10:13:20","slug":"hamas-rejects-netanyahu-aides-60-day-ultimatum-for-group-to-disarm-israel-palestine-conflict-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=12455","title":{"rendered":"Hamas rejects Netanyahu aide\u2019s 60-day ultimatum for group to disarm | Israel-Palestine conflict News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>Israeli minister issues 60-day ultimatum to Hamas, threatening renewed war if the group fails to disarm as demanded.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><button class=\"article-listen-container\" aria-labelledby=\"listen-text listen-duration\" data-testid=\"listen-to-article-button\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"article-listen-container__text\" data-testid=\"listen-to-article-text\">Listen to this 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--> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 3 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>\u201cStatements made by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu \u2026 and through the media are merely threats with no basis in the ongoing negotiations\u201d, Al Jazeera Arabic cited him as saying.<\/p>\n<p>Mardawi\u2019s comments come after Israeli Cabinet Secretary Yossi Fuchs, during a conference in Jerusalem on Monday, threatened to renew the genocidal war on Gaza if Hamas failed to disarm in 60 days, local media outlet the Times of Israel reported.<\/p>\n<p>A top aide to Netanyahu, Fuchs claimed that the two-month period was requested by the United States administration. \u201cWe are respecting that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Without confirming when the ultimatum would exactly start, Fuchs said it might begin with the February 19 meeting of US President Donald Trump\u2019s Board of Peace \u2013 a Washington-backed plan for the reconstruction of Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will evaluate it,\u201d Fuchs said. \u201cIf it works, great. If not, then the IDF [Israeli army] will have to complete the mission.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hamas\u2019s Mardawi told Al Jazeera Mubasher that any threat to renew the war would have \u201cserious repercussions for the region\u201d and stressed that \u201cthe Palestinian people will not surrender\u201d, AJA reported.<\/p>\n<p>The second phase of the \u201cceasefire\u201d agreement began in mid-January, in which the US says it will tackle the disarmament of Hamas and the deployment of an international peacekeeping force. Hamas has refused to give up arms as long as Israel continues to occupy Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, Hamas\u2019s political leader abroad, Khaled Meshaal, rejected calls to disarm Palestinian factions in Gaza, arguing that stripping weapons from an occupied people would turn them into \u201can easy victim to be eliminated\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli genocide in Gaza since October 2023 has killed more than 72,000 people, including thousands of children.<\/p>\n<p>Israel\u2019s assaults have continued despite a US-brokered \u201cceasefire\u201d that began in October, with more than 600 Palestinians killed since it took effect. According to authorities in Gaza, Israel has violated the \u201cceasefire\u201d 1,520 times.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the near-daily killing of Palestinians, Israel also severely restricts quantities of food, medicine, medical supplies, shelter materials and prefabricated houses entering Gaza, where some two million Palestinians \u2013 including 1.5 million displaced \u2013 live in catastrophic conditions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israeli minister issues 60-day ultimatum to Hamas, threatening renewed war if the group fails to disarm as demanded. 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