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Senior Hamas figure says no progress in hostage-for-ceasefire talks with Israel

Osama Hamdan, a senior Hamas official, attends a conference of the International Union of Resistance Clerics, in Beirut, Lebanon, March 4, 2024. (AP/Hussein Malla)
A senior official of the Islamist terror group Hamas, Osama Hamdan, says there has been no progress in hostage-for-ceasefire talks with Israel over the Gaza war.
The Palestinian terror group is still ready to “deal positively” with any ceasefire proposal that ends the war, Hamdan tells a news conference in Beirut.