A spokesperson for the Palestinian resistance group, Jihad Taha, told the London-based pan-Arab news outlet, Al-Araby Al-Jadeed TV, that mediators finalized a draft outlining the terms for a cease-fire and a prisoner exchange.

The movement stressed that Barghouti’s positions serve national unity and support the resistance, including his rejection of the persecution of resistance fighters in Jenin, as well as his standing with free voices in international and media forums.

In a statement, the Al-Qassam Brigades said its fighters targeted a Merkava tank with an explosive device in Al-Saftawi area, west of Jabalia refugee camp. In a second statement, it added that its fighters targeted four more tanks with explosive devices in eastern Jabalia town.

At a press conference on Friday evening, Basem Naim, a senior political leader in Hamas, reiterated the group’s “seriousness and positivity and its endeavor to reach (a ceasefire) agreement as soon as possible.”

Saleh al-Arouri killed in airstrike in Lebanese capital in January.

In a statement issued on Saturday, Hamas decried the Israeli air strike on Al-Wafa Hospital and the artillery shelling of the Baptist Hospital in central Gaza City as a “war crime” and violations of international laws.

The plea comes amid the systematic targeting of medical infrastructure by Israeli forces, with the recent destruction of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza cited as the latest example.

Hamdan added in an interview with Al Jazeera: We prepared a plan that included an all-out ceasefire and a prisoner exchange, but the Zionist regime did not accept it.

Families say they will petition High Court if Netanyahu continues to block Gaza swap deal.

The movement explained that a report by Israeli human rights organisation, Peace Now, revealed that Israeli occupation authorities have established at least seven new settlement outposts in the occupied West Bank on Palestinian-owned land. This, according to the movement, is part of the occupation government’s ongoing plans to annex and Judaise the ...

Abu Obaida, the spokesperson for the group, said on Telegram: “The occupation army recently bombed a location where some enemy prisoners were present and repeated the bombing to ensure their death.”

In a statement marking the 37th anniversary of its founding, Hamas emphasized its openness to “serious and genuine initiatives to stop the aggression and crimes of the occupation against our people, while firmly adhering to the rights, principles, and aspirations of the Palestinian people.”

In a statement, Hamas said it held in-depth talks with the Fatah group in Cairo to form a committee to run Gaza through implementing previously agreed frameworks to achieve Palestinian unity.

“Over 2 million Palestinians in Gaza face the risk of death from hunger and thirst due to the Israeli Occupation’s denial of aid delivery and restrictions on access to medicine, food and water,” Hamas said in a statement.

In a statement marking the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, Hamas has called on people around the world to take to the streets in their respective capitals on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday to protest the crimes of the Israeli regime in Gaza.

“We will not agree to any understandings that do not end the suffering of our people, ensure their return to their homes, and allow for the complete reconstruction of the Gaza Strip,” insisted senior Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri.

​​​​​​​The Jerusalem Post published the results of a survey conducted by Israel’s Ministry of Diaspora Affairs and Combatting Antisemitism, which also showed that 42 percent of Jews criticise Israel, compared to only seven per cent of their international counterparts.

Yair Golan, head of the Labor Party, noted that “Hezbollah is far stronger than Hamas, and the Israeli military has not defeated it yet.”

The call came shortly after at least 36 civilians, including 15 children, were killed in an Israeli strike on an inhabited home in Jabalia in northern Gaza.

“It is time for the Islamic nations to fulfill their religious and political duties towards the holy city, which is facing an extensive Judaization campaign by the Israeli occupying government,” Hamas political bureau member Haroun Nasser al-Din said in a statement.