A top aide to Hamas political leader, Ismail Haniyeh, denied on Thursday that a humanitarian truce had been reached with Israel, adding that negotiations are continuing, Anadolu Agency reports.
The statement came shortly after a White House announcement saying that Israel had agreed to hold “humanitarian pauses” set to last four hours daily in northern Gaza, starting on Thursday.
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, also said on Thursday that any ceasefire in the Gaza Strip is contingent on the release of the hostages held by Palestinian group, Hamas.
Hamas, on Thursday, said one Israeli soldier it was holding had been killed in Israeli airstrikes, while another had been injured.
Source : MEMO
