Hamas said that Israel rejected all its offers to extend the temporary humanitarian truce in the Gaza Strip, “because it had a prior decision to resume the aggression.”
This came in a statement published on the Telegram platform, after the Israeli army resumed its war on Gaza, and claimed that Hamas had “violated the truce” and fired shells towards Israeli territory.
The statement held Israel "responsible for resuming the war on the Gaza Strip, after its refusal throughout the night to accept all offers to release other detainees."
It added: "Negotiations took place throughout the night to extend the truce, during which the movement offered to exchange prisoners and the elderly, and also offered to hand over the bodies of those detained as a result of the Israeli bombing."
It continued: "Hamas also offered to hand over the bodies of the Bibas family and release their father, so that he could participate in their burial ceremonies... in addition to handing over two Israeli detainees."
The statement stressed that "the occupation refused to deal with all these offers because it had a prior decision to resume the criminal aggression."
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Hamas: Israel refused all night to accept all offers to release detainees