A senior Hamas official has said that the Palestinian resistance group is ready to release 34 captives in the "first phase" of a potential ceasefire and prisoner exchange deal.

Hamas says Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his cabinet are fully responsible for the lives of Israeli captives.

Hamas blames Netanyahu for an impasse in the Gaza ceasefire talks, saying he is seeking to torpedo any deal that ends the ongoing genocide against Palestinians.

Hamas says Netanyahu’s latest comments that Israel must control Philadelphi corridor in Gaza attest to his desperation, and liability for the Gaza truce failure.

A general strike is underway across the Israeli-occupied territories, where protesters are demanding a deal that would free captives being held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

A high-ranking Hamas official states that the six Israeli captives recently found inside a tunnel in the southern Gaza city of Rafah were killed as a result of ongoing Israeli airstrikes against the coastal sliver.

Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert calls on the regime’s military and security officials to submit their immediate resignations if the current round of the Gaza ceasefire negotiations fail.