Yaron Sideman, the Israeli ambassador to the Holy See, has said that Israel has agreed to all the ceasefire and hostage release proposals presented by mediators, but Hamas has rejected all of them “without exception.”
Speaking to Crux after Pope Leo XIV’s Sunday call for an “immediate halt” to the war in Gaza, Sideman said he embraces “the Pope’s call for an immediate end to the war,” but says Hamas must do what it has been called on to do.
He said Hamas “is solely responsible for [the continuation of the war], and it is the sole obstacle to bringing it to an end.”
