Senior Hamas official Muhammad Nazzal has accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of orchestrating a deliberate campaign to undermine the Sharm el-Sheikh ceasefire agreement, asserting that the Tel Aviv regime is actively seeking false pretexts to reignite its brutal war on the Gaza Strip.

In an exclusive interview with Al Mayadeen, Nazzal, a member of the Hamas Political Bureau, stated that the Israeli occupation leadership is attempting to renege on its commitments and resume its genocidal aggression against the Palestinian people.

"Netanyahu and the Israeli leadership are seeking to withdraw from the Sharm el-Sheikh agreement," Nazzal declared. "Netanyahu is provoking war by claiming that Hamas is violating the deal, while in fact he had planned to breach it from the very start."

He emphasized that the Israeli leader's actions are not impulsive but part of a premeditated strategy, stating, "Netanyahu wants to show he can violate the agreement whenever he wishes."

Nazzal also condemned the United States for its role in enabling Israeli crimes, stripping away any pretense of neutrality. "Let us not deceive ourselves — successive American administrations have always been biased toward the Zionist entity," he said. "Their support for the occupation comes directly from Washington. We are not dealing with a neutral or just administration."

The senior official called upon international mediators to abandon their timid approach and take decisive action against the Israeli occupation. "Mediators have a responsibility to exert more effective pressure on the occupiers," Nazzal insisted. "Hamas and other resistance factions do not want to give Netanyahu and his war cabinet any pretext to resume their genocidal war."

He issued a clear warning, however, that the resistance's current restraint should not be mistaken for weakness. "The resistance’s current commitment to the agreement does not mean it will remain so if Israeli violations continue."

Asserting the strength of the Palestinian position, Nazzal noted that "the resistance still possesses significant leverage," a reference to the remains of Israeli captives and its defensive military capabilities, all grounded in "its most important asset: the justness of the Palestinian cause."

On post-war planning, Nazzal revealed that Hamas has presented a unified vision for Gaza's administration, approved by eight Palestinian factions during meetings in Cairo. The plan explicitly rejects any foreign imposition.

"The plan calls for forming an independent committee of technocrats to govern Gaza," he explained. "Hamas cannot accept the idea of a High Commissioner — we will not allow a return to the era of colonialism."

Nazzal concluded with a firm red line, warning that any expansion of Israeli military operations would be considered a unilateral annulment of the truce. "If the occupation crosses this 'yellow line,' it will have effectively annulled the agreement," he said. "In that case, the Palestinian factions will be compelled to respond — and our options remain open, in line with our responsibility to defend our people." (ILKHA)