Hamas official says group seeking 'complete ceasefire,' not a 'temporary truce'

A senior Hamas official says that the terror group wants a “complete and comprehensive ceasefire” in Gaza, after mediator Qatar said earlier that a framework for a temporary truce was being proposed.

“We are talking first of all about a complete and comprehensive ceasefire, and not a temporary truce,” Taher al-Nunu tells AFP, saying that once the fighting stops, “the rest of the details can be discussed” including hostage release.

Earlier, the Qatari prime minister said that he believed Hamas had “moved” from its demand for a complete ceasefire as a condition of any deal, something that has been outright rejected by Israel.