Hemedti Demands ‘Real’ Peace in Sudan, Not Truce that ‘Can Be Exploited by Army’

Hmedeti speaks to his supporters on Thursday. (RSF on X)
Hmedeti speaks to his supporters on Thursday. (RSF on X)
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Hemedti Demands ‘Real’ Peace in Sudan, Not Truce that ‘Can Be Exploited by Army’

Hmedeti speaks to his supporters on Thursday. (RSF on X)
Hmedeti speaks to his supporters on Thursday. (RSF on X)

Commander of Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, commonly known as Hemedti, demanded real peace in the country, instead of a truce, which he said could be exploited by the army, his rival in the ongoing conflict.

Hemedti said this should be a condition to signing an agreement at the Jeddah negotiations between the RSF and military.

He explained that the army could exploit a truce to regroup and rearm itself.

He made his remarks during a graduation ceremony of new RSF recruits on Thursday.

Hemedti declared that he supports “real peace.” Addressing the army, he stated: “We won’t accept any peace that allows you to regroup to wage a new war.”

The RSF commander’s appearance dismissed rumors, spread by army supporters and top politicians and diplomats, that said he had been killed months ago.

Furthermore, Hemedti urged his fighters against violating people’s properties in areas held by the RSF.

“We want you to protect the people and their properties,” he added.

The people have accused the RSF of committing violations against them during the conflict that erupted in mid-April. They have accused them of seizing people’s properties and homes and of committing murder.

Hemedti blamed Islamists for these crimes. He said they were released from prisons when the conflict erupted and their crimes have been blamed on the RSF as part of a “systematic campaign” against his forces.

He pledged to protect refugees and the displaced, calling on them to return to RSF-held regions. The invitation excluded Islamists and supporters of the National Congress Party.

Moreover, he proposed the formation of joint forces between the RSF and army in regions held by the military so that they can protect civilians.

Hemedti heavily criticized his ally-turned-rival Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, commander of the army. He held him responsible for the coups that have taken place in Sudan since the ouster of longtime ruler Omar al-Bashir's regime in April 2019.

He accused him of stoking tribal tensions in Darfur, Kordofan, the Blue Nile and Red Sea states.

Furthermore, he said the Islamists and National Congree Party chose Burhan to head the military transitional council so that “he could pursue their plot to destroy the RSF.”

Hemedti claimed that he did not want a position in power, “but Burhan persuaded me and ever since then, conspiracies have been plotted against the RSF.”

“They instead fell in the trap that they had set up for us,” he went on to say.



Israel Will Let Foreign Countries Drop Aid into Gaza, Israel Army Radio Says

A displaced Palestinian girl covers her head with a pot to protect herself from the scorching sun as she waits at a food distribution point in Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip on July 25, 2025. (AFP)
A displaced Palestinian girl covers her head with a pot to protect herself from the scorching sun as she waits at a food distribution point in Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip on July 25, 2025. (AFP)
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Israel Will Let Foreign Countries Drop Aid into Gaza, Israel Army Radio Says

A displaced Palestinian girl covers her head with a pot to protect herself from the scorching sun as she waits at a food distribution point in Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip on July 25, 2025. (AFP)
A displaced Palestinian girl covers her head with a pot to protect herself from the scorching sun as she waits at a food distribution point in Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip on July 25, 2025. (AFP)

Israel will allow foreign countries to parachute aid into Gaza starting on Friday, Israeli army radio quoted a military official as saying.

An Israeli military spokesperson did not immediately reply to a Reuters request for comment on the report.

The Gaza health ministry says more than 100 people have died from starvation in the Palestinian enclave since Israel cut off supplies to the territory in March.

Israel, which has been at war with the Palestinian group Hamas in Gaza since October 2023, lifted that blockade in May but has restrictions in place that it says are needed to prevent aid from being diverted to armed groups.

In the first two weeks of July, the UN children's agency UNICEF treated 5,000 children facing acute malnutrition in Gaza.

World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday Gaza was suffering man-made mass starvation caused by a blockade on aid into the enclave.