Leaked truce proposal doesn't meet Hamas' demands, official says

A Hamas official accused the Biden administration of leaking a ceasefire proposal to influence Palestinian public opinion, saying the draft document doesn't meet the group's demands.

Speaking to Al Arabi TV, Osama Hamdan added that the leaked draft is being promoted for "propaganda" purposes. 

"The Paris Summit draft is an American proposal and its goal is to give [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu more time to prepare for a new attack," Hamdan said. 

He also accused Israel of continuing to "evade its obligations". 

The leaked proposal, reported by Al Jazeera and Reuters, includes a temporary pause in fighting, a partial prisoner swap, a gradual and restricted return of displaced Palestinians to northern Gaza, the entry of 500 aid trucks, and the repair of hospitals and bakeries destroyed by Israel. 

Hamdan said Hamas still insists on permanently ending the Israeli aggression, lifting the Israeli siege and launching a Gaza reconstruction project without Israeli restrictions before a prisoner swap.