Hamas demands the disclosure of the armed individual's identity and accuses the occupation of fabricating pretexts to evade the ceasefire agreement.

The Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas demanded on Saturday that mediators and the U.S. administration pressure the occupying state to reveal the identity of the armed individual that Tel Aviv claims the movement sent to open fire on its forces inside the Gaza Strip.

Aziz al-Rashq, a member of Hamas's political bureau, stated in a statement: "We demand that mediators and the U.S. administration pressure Israel to disclose the identity of the armed individual that Hamas allegedly sent."

He confirmed that "the occupying state fabricates excuses to evade the agreement and return to the genocide," emphasizing that there is no truth to what Israeli sources reported regarding Hamas informing U.S. official Steve Wietkoff that the agreement had ended.

This statement came hours after the Israeli occupying army carried out a series of airstrikes targeting homes and vehicles of Palestinians in various areas of the Gaza Strip, resulting in the martyrdom of 22 individuals, including children and women, in a new violation of the ceasefire agreement in effect since October 10, according to the latest toll from the civil defense.

Earlier, the Israeli Prime Minister's office issued a statement claiming that Hamas "violated the ceasefire once again" by sending an armed individual to an area under its control in Gaza to attack its soldiers, according to their statement.

Al-Rashq clarified: "Israel fabricates excuses to evade the agreement and return to genocide, and it is the one that violates the agreement daily and systematically."

He pointed out that "there is no truth to what Israeli sources reported regarding Hamas informing (Steve) Wietkoff (the U.S. President Donald Trump's envoy to the Middle East) that the agreement had ended," calling on mediators and the U.S. administration to "intervene and compel Israel to implement the agreement."

The Israeli occupying forces repeatedly commit violations of the ceasefire agreement, including gunfire, limited incursions, and demolition operations, resulting in the deaths and injuries of hundreds of Palestinians.

The ceasefire agreement in Gaza, reached between Hamas and Israel and based on U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to end the war, came into effect on October 10.

The agreement ended the genocide that the occupying state launched on October 8, 2023, which resulted in more than 69,000 Palestinian martyrs and over 170,000 injured, along with massive destruction affecting about 90 percent of civil infrastructure.