Hamas has suspended all Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal negotiations until humanitarian aid is brought into the northern part of the Strip, Al Jazeera reported on Saturday citing a leading source in the terror organization.
“Negotiations cannot be held while hunger is eating away at the Palestinian people,” the Hamas source told Al Jazeera.
Despite the IDF previously saying it had gained operational control of the northern Gaza Strip, IDF Col. (res.) Hezi Nachman speculated last week that Hamas is returning to power in northern Gaza.
“Today, there are between 300,000 to 500,000 people in northern Gaza, the IDF doesn’t have enough troops to operate there effectively, Hamas is returning to power there, gunmen are roaming the streets,” he told 103FM.
Israeli official: Hamas’s ceasefire demands ‘delusional, disconnected from reality’
Hamas’s demands in talks over a Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal are “delusional and disconnected from reality,” Israel’s hostages and missing persons coordinator Gal Hirsch told CNN on Saturday afternoon.
“We want a deal very much and we know we need to pay prices. But Hamas’s demands are disconnected from reality – delusional,” CNN quoted the official as saying.
This is a developing story.
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