(Israeli soldiers on the border between Israel and Gaza on February 11, 2025. Photo by Amir Levy/Getty Images.)
Hamas officials submitted a two-page report to mediators on Tuesday listing a wide range of Israeli violations of the Gaza ceasefire since the agreement went into effect on January 19—including the killing of civilians, repeated ground and air incursions, the beating and humiliation of Palestinian captives during their release and the deportation of some without their consent, and the denial of humanitarian aid. Drop Site News obtained a copy of the report delivered to mediators from Qatar and Egypt.
"Hamas is committed to the ceasefire agreement if the occupation is committed to the agreement," Hamas said in a statement. "We confirm that the occupation is the party that did not abide by its commitments, and it bears responsibility for any complications or delays."
The move comes in response to accusations by U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Hamas violated the agreement, threatening a full resumption of the war—yet it was Israel’s nearly daily breaches of the deal that prompted Hamas to announce it would postpone the next release of Israeli captives.
On Monday, Abu Obeida, the spokesperson for the Al Qassam Brigades, Hamas’s military wing, announced the next planned release of three Israeli captives, scheduled for Saturday, would be “postponed indefinitely.” Abu Obeida cited “delays in allowing displaced Palestinians to return to northern Gaza, targeting them with airstrikes and gunfire across various areas of the Strip, and failing to facilitate the entry of humanitarian aid as agreed.”
Hamas issued a statement soon afterwards reiterating that Israel was violating the agreement by blocking aid, attacking civilians, and restricting movement in Gaza, and warning that the next release of captives would be postponed until it complied. “By issuing this statement five full days ahead of the scheduled prisoner handover, Hamas aims to grant mediators sufficient time to pressure the occupation to fulfill its obligations,” the statement said.
Three Israeli officials and two mediators speaking anonymously to the New York Times confirmed that Israel had not fulfilled its obligations to send humanitarian aid into Gaza. This fact was mentioned in the 9th paragraph of the Times story.
