Hamas official says ‘necessary to reach a ceasefire’ in Gaza

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A Palestinian man mourns over the body of a child killed during Israeli bombardment, at the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on April 8, 2025. (AFP)
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  • “This war cannot continue indefinitely, and it is therefore necessary to reach a ceasefire,” Hossam Badran, a member of Hamas’s political bureau, told AFP

GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories: A Hamas official told AFP on Tuesday that it was “necessary to reach a ceasefire” in the Gaza Strip, three weeks after Israel resumed bombardments on the Palestinian territory.
“This war cannot continue indefinitely, and it is therefore necessary to reach a ceasefire,” Hossam Badran, a member of Hamas’s political bureau, told AFP, adding that “communication with the mediators is still ongoing” but that “so far, there are no new proposals.”