Israel uses negotiations as cover for Rafah invasion: Hamas

on a potential truce in Tel Aviv’s months-long war on the Gaza Strip so it can carry out a full-scale invasion of the southern Gaza city of Rafah.

Izzat al-Rishq, who is a member of the Palestinian resistance movement’s Political Bureau, made the remarks on Wednesday.

“Israel is not serious about reaching an agreement,” he said. It “uses the negotiations as a cover to invade Rafah and occupy the crossing,” the Palestinian official added.

The Israeli military sent tanks into Rafah on Tuesday and seized the nearby crossing into Egypt, which is the main corridor for aid into the besieged Palestinian territory.