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Hamas official says no new hostage deal until Israel halts offensive in Gaza

Senior Hamas official Osama Hamdan speaks during a rally organized by Lebanon's Hezbollah terror group to express solidarity with the Palestinian people, in a southern suburb of Beirut, May 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
Hamas politburo member Osama Hamdan says the terror group will not agree to another deal for the release of hostages it’s holding in Gaza until Israel halts military operations and accepts Hamas’s conditions for an agreement.
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