A senior Hamas official insisted late Saturday that the terror group would "not agree under any circumstances" to a truce in Gaza that did not explicitly include a complete end to the war.
Saudi news outlet Al Hadath reported that Hamas has agreed to release 33 Israeli hostages © Mena Today
A senior Hamas official insisted late Saturday that the terror group would "not agree under any circumstances" to a truce in Gaza that did not explicitly include a complete end to the war.
The official, who asked not to be named, also accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of "personally hindering" efforts to reach a truce agreement due to "personal interests".
Saudi news outlet Al Hadath reported that Hamas has agreed to release 33 Israeli hostages during the first phase of the hostage release deal, a term it contested during earlier talks.
An apparent drone attack - claimed by the Iranian-backed Houthi militia - hit central Tel Aviv in the early hours of Friday, killing one man and slightly wounding four others, the Israeli military and emergency services said.
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant told his U.S. counterpart that military operations in the Gaza Strip have created conditions that would enable a hostage deal to be reached, Gallant's office said on Wednesday.
A meeting of the United Nations Security Council on the Middle East was briefly interrupted on Wednesday when two protesters stood with signs and yelled for the release of Israeli hostages held by Palestinian militants Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
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