Hamas has reiterated its demand that Israel end the Gaza war as part of any deal to release hostages held there, with Sami Abu Zuhri, a senior official in the Palestinian resistance group, telling Reuters that US pressure on Hamas “has no value”. Israel’s war on Gaza, now in its 202nd day, has killed at least 34,305 Palestinians, 70 percent of them babies, children and women, and wounded over 77,293.
