Hamas slams 'misleading' US ceasefire statement

In a new statement, Hamas called US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's statement that the group was backing away from a ceasefire "misleading".

"We reaffirm our commitment to what we agreed upon with the mediators on July 2, based on the Biden Declaration and the Security Council resolution, and we call on the mediators to assume their responsibilities and oblige the occupation to accept it," the statement reads, saying that the latest version of the deal they received is vastly different to what they had previously agreed on.

Hamas called on the US to reverse its "blind bias" towards Israel and to "the political and military cover for the genocidal war" waged against the Palestinian people.