“Resistance and its weapons are a legitimate right guaranteed by international law and are linked to the establishment of a Palestinian state,” said Khalil al-Hayya in a speech on Hamas’s al-Aqsa TV channel on Sunday.
Hamas, according to al-Hayya, is "open to looking at any proposal that preserves that right and at the same time guarantees the establishment of a Palestinian state."
The first phase of the White House ceasefire went into effect on October 10. The next phase – which has not yet begun – includes an international security force in the Gaza Strip, the formation of a technocratic transitional government for the area, the disarmament of Hamas, and the further withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza.
