GAZA, May 27 (Xinhua) -- Hamas has informed mediators that it will not participate in any negotiation for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip or a prisoner exchange deal after Israel's attack on the southernmost Gazan city of Rafah on Sunday night, a source in the movement said on Monday. T...
GAZA, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- A Hamas official said on Wednesday that there would be no prisoner exchange without the Gaza ceasefire. "We say clearly, we want this aggression to stop, and it must stop first in order to carry out any prisoner exchange," Khalil al-Hayya, a member of Hamas...
Hamas Says ‘NO’ To CeasefireNo Ceasefire As Battle to Stop Gaza Missile Strikes Continues
A Hamas delegation is scheduled to visit Cairo on Monday, to deliver the movement's response regarding a ceasefire in Gaza and to negotiate a hostage-for-prisoner swap deal with Israel, according to a source from the mo...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Some Muslim and Arab American groups are threatening to withhold donations and votes towards President Joe Biden's 2024 reelection unless he takes immediate steps to secure a Gaza ceasefire. The National Muslim Democratic Council, which includes Democratic Party leaders from...
Growing number of Israeli soldiers say they will lay down arms if there is no ceasefire in GazaA growing number of Israeli soldiers have started to speak out against the 15-month conflict in Gaza and are refusing to serve, saying they saw or did things that crossed ethical lin...
Hamas said on Saturday that it rejected Israel's "formulation" of extending the first phase of the ceasefire in Gaza, on the day the first stage of the deal was set to expire. The group's spokesperson Hazem Qassem also told Al-Araby TV there were no current talks for a second ceasefire...
Hamas says talks with Israel about further steps in the Gaza ceasefire deal are conditional on Palestinian prisoners being freed as agreed. Israel said on Sunday it was delaying the release of more than 600 Palestinians in return for six living and four dead hostages who had been freed, accusin...
Hamas says it is ready to secure a Gaza ceasefire deal "immediately" but claims it has not had any "serious proposals" from Israel in months, an official for the group has told Sky News. Dr Basem Naim also suggestedHamashas no regrets about the7 October att...
Earlier this year, Israel and Hamas agreed to a phased ceasefire that would consist of three distinct stages. The initial phase of the truce ended in mid-February, after 38 hostages were freed from Gaza and 1,737 Palestinian prisoners and detainees were released from Israeli prisons. The secon...