Hamas says it will not engage with Israel again until ‘hunger war’ in Gaza ends

<p>‘No sense’ in considering new truce proposals, says group, hours after Israel agrees plan for ‘conquest’ of territory</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/may/06/israel-gaza-war-latest-live-news-benjamin-netanyahu-hamas-palestine">Middle East crisis – live updates</a></li></ul><p>Hamas has said it is no longer interested in truce talks with Israel and urged the international community to halt Israel’s “hunger war” against Gaza, hours after Israeli officials <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/05/israel-expand-military-operations-gaza">agreed an intensified offensive</a> in the devastated territory that would involve displacing “most” of its residents and a sustained Israeli military presence.</p><p>“There is no sense in engaging in talks or considering new ceasefire proposals as long as the hunger war and extermination war continue in the Gaza Strip,” Basem Naim, a senior Hamas official, told AFP.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/06/hamas-israel-hunger-war-in-gaza">Continue reading...</a>