NNA – A senior Hamas leader told Agence France-Presse on Sunday that the movement decided to stop negotiations to reach a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, denouncing the quot;lack of seriousness of the occupationquot; and quot;committing massacres against defenseless civilians.quot;
He explained, quot;The head of Hamas#39;s political bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, informed the mediators and some regional parties during a round of communications and telephone conversations of Hamas#39; decision to stop negotiations, due to the lack of seriousness of the occupation and the continued policy of procrastination and obstruction and the committing of massacres against unarmed civilians.quot;
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