{"id":5897,"date":"2026-04-06T06:36:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T06:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/04\/06\/hamas-armed-wing-says-disarmament-demands-not-acceptable\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T06:36:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T06:36:19","slug":"hamas-armed-wing-says-disarmament-demands-not-acceptable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/04\/06\/hamas-armed-wing-says-disarmament-demands-not-acceptable\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamas armed wing says disarmament demands not acceptable"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><em>Abu Obeida says calling for the group\u2019s disarmament amounts to an attempt to continue Israel\u2019s genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Hamas spokesman Abu Obeida has said that calling for the group\u2019s disarmament amounted to an attempt to continue Israel\u2019s genocide.<\/p>\n<p>Hamas\u2019s armed wing has rejected calls for the Palestinian group to disarm, saying that discussing the issue before Israel fully implements the first phase of the United States-brokered \u201cceasefire\u201d in Israel\u2019s war on Gaza amounts to an attempt to continue the genocide against the Palestinian people.<\/p>\n<section>\n<h2>Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n<p><span>list of 4 items<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>list 1 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/3\/26\/details-revealed-of-board-of-peace-plan-for-gaza-disarmament\">Details revealed of Board of Peace plan for Gaza disarmament<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 2 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/features\/2026\/3\/29\/living-in-the-dark-gazas-struggle-for-electricity\">Living in the dark: Gaza\u2019s struggle for electricity<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 3 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/3\/29\/netanyahu-announces-expansion-of-security-buffer-zone-in-south-lebanon\">Netanyahu orders military to expand invasion of southern Lebanon<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 4 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/features\/2026\/3\/30\/land-day-in-gaza-between-memory-and-the-fight-for-what-remains\">Land Day in Gaza: Between memory and the fight for what remains<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>In a televised statement on Sunday, Obeida, who is Hamas\u2019s armed wing spokesperson, said that raising the issue of weapons \u201cin a crude manner\u201d would not be accepted.<\/p>\n<p>The issue of Hamas relinquishing its weapons is a major obstacle in talks to implement US President Donald Trump\u2019s 20-point plan for Gaza, aimed at ending Israel\u2019s war on the besieged territory.<\/p>\n<p>Since the US- and Qatar-brokered \u201cceasefire\u201d took effect in October, more than 705 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks, according to the Palestinian news agency Wafa.<\/p>\n<p>Hamas has told mediators it will not discuss disarmament without guarantees that Israel will completely withdraw from Gaza, three sources told the Reuters news agency last week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat the enemy is trying to push through today against the Palestinian resistance, via our brotherly mediators, is extremely dangerous,\u201d Obeida said.<\/p>\n<p>He said the disarmament demands were \u201cnothing but an overt attempt to continue the genocide against our people, something we will not accept under any circumstances\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>It was not immediately clear whether the comments amounted to a formal rejection of the US-backed plan, which includes a demand that Hamas lay down its arms.<\/p>\n<p>Israel\u2019s genocidal war on Gaza, which began after the Hamas-led attacks on southern Israel in October 2023, has killed more than 72,000 Palestinians and injured at least 172,000 others.<\/p>\n<p>Obeida urged mediators to pressure Israel to fulfil its commitments under the first phase of the Trump plan before any discussion of the second phase can take place.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe enemy is the one who undermines the agreement,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>There was no immediate comment from Israel on his remarks.<\/p>\n<p>Obeida also addressed Israel\u2019s role in the <a href=\"https:\/\/aje.aj-harbinger.com\/news\/2026\/3\/1\/us-israel-attacks-on-iran-death-toll-and-injuries-live-tracker\">US-Israel war on Iran<\/a>, condemning it for launching strikes on Iran \u201cin the midst of the deception of negotiations, with full collusion and conspiracy with the United States\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The US had been involved in talks with Iran over its nuclear programme in the weeks before the US and Israel launched the war on February 28.<\/p>\n<p>In Iran, more than 2,000 people have been killed and at least 26,500 others injured since the war began.<\/p>\n<p>Obeida also condemned Israel\u2019s renewed offensive \u201cagainst sisterly Lebanon\u201d, which it launched on March 2 after the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah fired rockets into Israel.<\/p>\n<p>Israel\u2019s assault on Lebanon has killed more than 1,400 people and displaced over 1.2 million, according to Lebanese authorities.<\/p>\n<p>Obeida commended Iran, Hezbollah and Yemen\u2019s Houthis for their continued strikes against Israel.<\/p>\n<p>Hamas\u2019s spokesman also condemned the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/3\/31\/whats-israels-death-penalty-law-that-only-applies-to-palestinians\">Israeli parliament\u2019s passage of a new death penalty law<\/a> that only applies to Palestinians, urging people in the West Bank \u201cto seek, by every possible means, to liberate the [Palestinian] prisoners\u201d held in Israeli jails.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abu Obeida says calling for the group\u2019s disarmament amounts to an attempt to continue Israel\u2019s genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza. 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