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<h1>No sense in Gaza ceasefire talks amid Israel\u2019s \u2018hunger war\u2019: Hamas</h1><p class="gmail-article__subhead"><em>Hamas says it will no longer engage in truce talks amid a catastrophic hunger crisis created by Israel\u2019s blockade.</em></p><div class="gmail-responsive-image"><img src="https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/AP25125441810220-1746523142.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80" alt="Palestinians struggle to get donated food at a community kitchen in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Monday, May 5, 2025" width="394" height="262" style="margin-right: 25px;"></div>Palestinians struggle to get donated food at a community kitchen in Khan Younis [Abdel Kareem Hana/AP Photo]<div class="gmail-article-info-block"><div class="gmail-article-b-l"><div class="gmail-article-dates"><div class="gmail-date-simple"><span class="gmail-screen-reader-text">Published On 6 May 2025</span> - <font size="1"><a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/6/no-sense-in-gaza-ceasefire-talks-amid-israels-hunger-war-hamas">https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/6/no-sense-in-gaza-ceasefire-talks-amid-israels-hunger-war-hamas</a></font></div></div></div><div class="gmail-social-share-buttons"><div class="gmail-update-reading-list"></div></div></div><div class="gmail-update-reading-list"><span class="gmail-update-reading-list__tooltip" role="tooltip"></span></div><a class="gmail-social-share-button" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" aria-label="Share on Facebook" href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Faje.io%2F9qvyfy"></a><a class="gmail-social-share-button" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" aria-label="Share on Twitter" href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=No%20sense%20in%20Gaza%20ceasefire%20talks%20amid%20Israel%E2%80%99s%20%E2%80%98hunger%20war%E2%80%99%3A%20Hamas&source=sharethiscom&related=sharethis&via=AJEnglish&url=https%3A%2F%2Faje.io%2F9qvyfy"></a><a class="gmail-social-share-button gmail-copylink" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" aria-label="Copy link" href="https://aje.io/9qvyfy"></a><p>Hamas
will no longer engage in ceasefire negotiations with Israel, seeing no
point in doing so \u201cas long as the hunger war and extermination war\u201d
continues on the Gaza Strip, according to the Palestinian group\u2019s senior
official.</p>
<p>Basem Naim told the AFP news agency on Tuesday that the international
community must pressure the government of Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu to end the \u201ccrimes of hunger, thirst, and killings\u201d
in Gaza.</p>
<p>\u201cThere is no sense in engaging in talks or considering new ceasefire
proposals as long as the hunger war and extermination war continue in
the Gaza Strip,\u201d he said.</p>
<p>Naim\u2019s remarks came a day after <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/5/israel-plans-conquest-of-gaza-in-expanded-offensive" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Netanyahu said</a>
the population of the enclave \u201cwill be moved\u201d in an upcoming expanded
military operation by Israeli forces that would reportedly entail \u201cthe
conquest of the Gaza Strip and the holding of the territories\u201d.</p>
<p>Nearly all of Gaza\u2019s 2.3 million residents have been displaced
multiple times since Israel began its war on the Palestinian enclave in
October 2023.</p>
<h2 id="gmail-total-blockade">Total blockade</h2>
<p>The humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip has grown increasingly
dire since a total blockade was imposed by Israel on March 2, causing
widespread food shortages as Israel carries out deadly attacks across
the enclave.</p>
<p>Al Jazeera\u2019s Hind Khoudary, reporting from Deir el-Balah in central
Gaza, said Palestinians are \u201cstruggling to find food to feed their
children\u201d with some \u201cforced to eat expired or rotten food\u201d, while others
cannot find any form of sustenance.</p>
<p>The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said this week that food
supplies in Gaza have now \u201ccompletely run out\u201d in both local markets and
humanitarian distribution centres.</p>
<p>\u201cThe population is once again at extreme risk of famine,\u201d the PRCS
said in its latest situation update. \u201cThere is an inability to meet even
the minimum daily needs of over a million displaced people.\u201d</p>
<p>According to the PRCS, only \u201climited quantities of legumes\u201d are
currently being distributed to community kitchens, as all previously
stocked aid has been depleted.</p><p>The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) echoed these
concerns, calling for the immediate entry of humanitarian aid and
warning against its politicisation.</p>
<p>\u201cThe level of need among civilians in Gaza right now is overwhelming,\u201d said ICRC spokesperson Christian Cardon.</p>
<p>\u201cUnder international humanitarian law, Israel has an obligation to
use all means available to ensure that the basic needs of the civilian
population under its control are met,\u201d he added.</p>
<img class="gmail-size-arc-image-770 gmail-wp-image-3637339" src="https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Interactive_Gaza_foodaid_timeline-1742987531-1744365779.webp?w=770&resize=770%2C963&quality=80" alt="[Al Jazeera]" width="315" height="394" style="margin-right: 0px;">[Al Jazeera]
<p>Awad, 39, who lives in a tent in the southern Gaza city of Khan
Younis, told Al Jazeera on Monday that \u201cIsrael has not stopped the war,
the killing, the bombing, the destruction, the siege and the starvation \u2013
every day \u2013 so how can they talk about expanding military operations?</p>
<p>\u201cI call on the world to witness the famine that grows and spreads every day,\u201d he said.</p>
<p>Aya al-Skafy, a resident of Gaza City, told Al Jazeera on Monday that
her baby died because of malnutrition and medicine shortages last week.</p>
<p>\u201cShe was four months old and weighed 2.8kg [6.2lb]. Because of severe
malnutrition, she suffered from blood acidity, liver and kidney
failure, and many other complications. Her hair and nails also fell out
due to malnutrition.\u201d</p>
<h2 id="gmail-israeli-plans">Israeli plans</h2>
<p>According to leaked plans, Israel\u2019s government reportedly wants to
severely restrict the way food is distributed in Gaza and is proposing
that United States companies take over distribution from the United
Nations and other humanitarian agencies.</p>
<p>Under the plan, Palestinian families would be allowed to take one
food parcel a week in designated hubs in southern Gaza, and Israel would
permit 60 trucks to enter the Gaza Strip every day \u2013 just one-tenth of
what\u2019s needed, according to experts.</p>
<p>Aid groups in the UN have rejected this plan, saying it\u2019s a pressure
tactic to further reinforce control over life-saving supplies.</p>
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