Hamas' exiled Gaza chief says ceasefire talks meaningless under 'blockade and starvation'

Jul 27, 2025

FILE PHOTO: Hamas official Khalil Al-Hayya sits at a mourning house for assassinated Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in Doha, Qatar, August 2, 2024. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/File Photo — Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

(Reuters) -The exiled head of Hamas in Gaza, Khalil al-Hayya, said on Sunday ceasefire negotiations with Israel were "meaningless under continued blockade and starvation".

"The immediate and dignified delivery of food and medicine to our people is the only serious and genuine indication of whether continuing the negotiations is worthwhile," he said in a recorded speech.

(Reporting by Muhammad Al Gebaly and Nidal Al-Mughrabi)

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