Immediately after Israel’s military offensives in Gaza ends, all Palestinian factions including Hamas must take a serious look at the failure of their policies to achieve freedom for their people, a top Palestinian Authority official said.

In an interview with Reuters, Hussein al-Sheikh, 63, said the situation in Gaza after Oct 7 meant Hamas should make a “serious and honest assessment and reconsider all its policies and all its methods” once fighting subsides.

Sheikh also acknowledged the political path under Oslo peace accords was faltering and as it currently stands would not achieve the ambition of the Palestinian people for the establishment of a Palestinian state within pre-1967 borders.

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