Hamas pinned the blame on Israeli “massacres” and its attitude in negotiations.
GAZA STRIP - A Hamas official on July 14 said the group is pulling out of Gaza truce talks, following an Israeli strike that targeted the militants’ commander Mohammed Deif, who was “fine” despite the attack according to another Hamas figure.
Talks mediated by Qatar and Egypt, with US support, have for months tried but failed to bring a halt to the war in the Gaza Strip.Al-Mawasi, where the health ministry said dozens had been killed, had in May been declared a safe humanitarian zone by the Israeli military and civilians ordered to evacuate to it. However, there have been multiple deadly incidents there blamed on Israeli strikes.
Israel said it had targeted Deif, the head of the Al-Qassam Brigades, as well as Rafa Salama, a brigade commander, in a strike on July 13. Separately on July 14, rescuers said at least eight people were killed in three separate strikes on different parts of Gaza City. The militants also seized 251 hostages, 116 of whom remain in Gaza, including 42 the military says are dead.
A Hamas statement rejected Israel’s claim it had targeted Deif, saying it was intended “to cover up the magnitude of the horrific massacre”.
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