Hamas says US accusation it ‘chose war’ over hostage deal is ‘a distortion’

Hamas accuses the United States of distorting the truth by saying the Palestinian terror group had chosen war with Israel by refusing to release hostages.

“The claim that ‘Hamas chose war instead of releasing the hostages’ is a distortion of the facts,” Hamas says in a statement in response to the accusation from US National Security Council spokesman Brian Hughes on Tuesday.

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