Eurasia Press & News
IDF forces continued extensive aerial and ground strikes in the Gaza Strip, eliminated terrorist
operatives, and destroyed weapons and terrorist facilities.
Hamas announced it was suspending its participation in indirect ceasefire negotiations, citing
the continuation of the “policy of hunger and killing.” Videos were published of Israeli hostages
suffering from malnutrition, for which Hamas blamed Israel.
Hamas continued promoting its “hunger” narrative despite the increase in the number of
humanitarian aid trucks entering the Gaza Strip and the expansion of aid airdrops.
Hamas said it would not give up the weapons of the “resistance,”2 and condemned the
statement by the chairman of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, who said that only
those who accepted the international commitments of the PLO would be allowed to participate
in the Palestinian National Council elections.
