By MEE staff
Published date: 14 July 2025 21:05 BST | Last update: ~17:00 EDT

"Hamas is serious about reaching an agreement to end the war and establish arrangements that ensure calm and stability. It has demonstrated significant flexibility and positive responsibility during the negotiation rounds," the sources quoted Hamas as saying.

"Israel has insisted on continuing the war, destroying the Gaza Strip, displacing its population, and imposing a state of hunger, suffering, and ongoing massacres that have not ceased for a single day."

Exclusive: Families of Israeli captives reach out to Hamas over fate of ceasefire talks

The families of Israeli captives held in Gaza reached out to Hamas through a representative to ask about the fate of stalled ceasefire talks, Middle East Eye can reveal.

^{MEE staff (Middle East Eye)}