Hamas denies having presented new ideas for Gaza truce deal

Senior Hamas official Osama Hamdan has denied that the group had put forward new ideas for the Gaza ceasefire proposal, after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken accused Hamas of suggesting numerous changes to the deal in their response.

Earlier on Wednesday, Blinken said that Hamas had proposed a number of changes, including some he deemed unworkable, to the ceasefire deal, adding that mediators remained determined to close the gaps.

Hamdan reiterated Hamas's stance that it was Israel that was rejecting proposals for an end to the war, and accused the US administration of "evading any commitment" to a blueprint for a permanent ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.

Blinken was "part of the problem, not the solution" in the Gaza war, Hamdan told Al-Araby TV.