Hamas: No truth to claims we declared Gaza ceasefire over, Israel violating truce

A senior member of the Hamas political bureau, Ezzat al-Risheq, on Saturday said that media reports saying the Palestinian group announced the Gaza ceasefire “is over” are false. 

“There is no truth to what the Israeli sources published regarding Hamas informing [Steve] Witkoff that the agreement has ended. We have called on the mediators and the US administration to intervene and compel Israel to implement the agreement,” Risheq told Quds News Network. 

The comments after Saudi state-owned Al Arabiya quoted unnamed sources saying Hamas said “the agreement is over” and “Gaza will not become another Lebanon”. 

“Israel is fabricating pretexts to evade the agreement and return to the war of annihilation, while it is the one violating the agreement daily and systematically,” he said. 

The Palestinian health ministry reported that 318 people have been killed in Israeli aggression since the truce came into effect last month.