Israel's recent attack on the Hamas cease-fire delegation in Qatar's capital Doha this week attempted to derail ongoing negotiations, but will not alter Hamas's conditions for ending the war in Gaza, an official from the Palestinian resistance group said Thursday.
Israel attempted to kill the political leaders of Hamas with an airstrike on Doha on Tuesday, in what U.S. officials described as a unilateral escalation that did not serve American or Israeli interests.
In a televised address, Hamas official Fawzi Barhoum said the strike was not only an attempt to assassinate the negotiating delegation, but a deliberate blow to the entire process and a clear message rejecting any cease-fire deal.
He also accused Israel of targeting the mediation efforts of Qatar and Egypt.
"This attack was a blatant confirmation by Netanyahu and his criminal gang of their refusal to reach any agreement and their insistence on derailing all regional and international efforts aimed at halting the genocide", Barhoum said.
