Gaza truce talks are expected to resume today after Hamas rejected any deal that failed to end the war and accused the Israeli leader of “personally hindering” an agreement.

Each side blamed the other for stalled negotiations, with a senior Hamas official insisting late Saturday that the group would “not agree under any circumstances” to a truce that did not explicitly include a complete end to the war.

In an interview with AFP, the official condemned Israeli efforts to secure a hostage-release deal “without linking it to ending the aggression on Gaza” and accused Benjamin Netanyahu of “personally hindering” efforts to reach a truce due to “personal interests”.

Meanwhile, an anonymous Israeli government official told local media that Israel would “under no circumstances agree to end the war as part of an agreement to free our abductees”.

Previous negotiations have stalled in part due to Hamas’s demand for a lasting ceasefire and Mr Netanyahu’s repeated vows to crush the group’s remaining fighters in the southern city of Rafah.

Late into Saturday night tens of thousands of Israelis protested about the state of negotiations, demanding a deal to bring hostages home. They chanted “war is not holy, life is”, while some accused Mr Netanyahu of aiming to prolong the conflict in Gaza.

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