People walk amid the rubble of a building destroyed in an overnight Israeli strike in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip on March 18, 2025. (Credit: Bashar Taleb/AFP)
Hamas has not shut the door on negotiations, an official from the Palestinian Islamist group said Wednesday, after Israel launched its most intense bombardment of Gaza since a Jan. 19 cease-fire.
"Hamas has not closed the door on negotiations but we insist there is no need for new agreements," Taher al-Nunu told AFP on the phone from Cairo, also calling for Israel to be forced to implement the cease-fire.
These comments come at a time when Israel has restarted its bombing campaign of the enclave with the Israeli army on Wednesday urging Gazans to evacuate what it called "combat areas" in the north and south of the Palestinian territory.
In a post on X, military spokesperson Avichay Adraee warned people in Beit Hanun, Khirbet Khuza'a and Abasan al-Jadida that "these areas are dangerous combat zones" and they should move to shelters in western Gaza City and Khan Younis for their own safety.