Hamas is looking to Tuesday’s Israeli parliamentary election in the hope that it will pave the way for implementing US President Donald Trump’s Gaza ceasefire plan, particularly reconstruction and the transfer of authority to a Palestinian administrative committee.
Two Hamas sources told Asharq Al-Awsat that the group’s leadership had sent a message to mediators and the Board of Peace “expressing hope that Trump’s plan and a roadmap agreed upon months ago in Cairo would move forward after the election.”
The message was part of regular communications concerning Israeli violations of the ceasefire, the sources said.
Since the ceasefire agreement was announced in October 2025, Israel has refused to withdraw from positions it occupies in Gaza and has continued daily strikes that have killed more than 1,600 Palestinians.
Hamas appears to be counting on the defeat of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whom it accuses of obstructing the agreements while continuing military operations in Gaza through assassinations, killings, airstrikes and destruction.
One source said Hamas regularly sends messages to mediators and Board of Peace representatives detailing Israeli violations and accusing Netanyahu’s government of failing to honor its commitments.
The latest message reaffirmed Hamas’ full commitment to the agreements reached, including a roadmap presented by Nickolay Mladenov, the Board of Peace’s high representative for Gaza, and approved after a series of amendments.
A second source said Hamas had strongly rejected Israeli allegations that it was planning attacks similar to those of October 7, 2023.
The group denied conveying any such threats through a UN official or other parties monitoring developments in Gaza.
Israeli media had reported allegations that Hamas officials threatened to repeat the October 7 attack during a meeting with a UN official in Gaza. Hamas publicly denied the claims.
The source said Hamas had stressed that recent visits by UN officials to Gaza were strictly humanitarian, aimed at assessing living conditions and residents’ needs amid aid shortages and Israel’s failure to allow sufficient supplies into the territory on a regular basis.
According to both sources, Hamas reaffirmed its commitment, alongside other Palestinian factions, to the ceasefire and full implementation of Trump’s plan and the roadmap.
This would allow the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza to enter the territory and assume its duties, while advancing efforts to bring weapons under exclusive control, securing a complete Israeli withdrawal, reopening crossings and allowing heavy equipment into Gaza.
Hamas also called for reconstruction to begin without conditions and for the launch of a comprehensive political process addressing the Palestinian issue.
