Hamas has called for the safe return of its fighters trapped in tunnels in Rafah, southern Gaza, criticising Israel's "killing, pursuit and arrest" of its members in breach of the ceasefire deal.
Under the October 10, US-brokered agreement, Hamas members who agree to decommission their weapons are to be granted amnesty, and those who wish to leave Gaza will be provided safe passage to receiving countries.
Hamas said it was working with mediators and the US, a guarantor of the agreement, to resolve the issue of its fighters trapped in Israeli-held areas, accusing Israel of derailing the efforts.
"The occupation has thwarted all these efforts, resorting to a language of killing, criminality, pursuit and arrest, thus sabotaging the efforts of the mediators who exerted significant effort with various international parties to end the suffering of these heroic fighters," said the group in a statement.
An agreed “yellow line” separates the areas under Israeli and Palestinian control in Gaza, as part of the truce. But many Hamas fighters are stranded in tunnels under Israeli control and the group has accused Israel of carrying out attacks far beyond the line.
Hamas said it holds
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