Hamas has refused to take part in negotiations for a hostage release-ceasefire deal for the past several weeks, US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said on Wednesday.
During the Wednesday press briefing, a reporter asked Miller if Israel’s war with Hezbollah had forced discussion of a ceasefire in Gaza from the table or if such talks were yet ongoing.
“It’s not that it’s been overtaken by the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah. It’s that Hamas has, again, refused to engage,” Miller replied, adding that Hamas’s refusals to engage predate the events of the last week and a half, during which Israel has launched a ground operation in Lebanon and attacked Hezbollah’s leadership, infrastructure, and fighters.
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