A senior Hamas official says Israeli regime in using the prolonging ceasefire talks to launch full-scale invasion against Rafah.

He went on to hold Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government fully responsible for the consequences of an Israeli invasion of Rafah.

A senior official from the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas said Israeli regime is trying to release captives without linking that to an end to aggressions in Gaza stressing that the movement will not accept a ceasefire deal without an end to Israeli atrocities.

The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas is set to send a delegation to the Egyptian capital Cairo to resume ceasefire talks in the latest effort to halt the deadly Israeli war that is entering its eighth month now.

Hamdan said Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, was placing obstacles hindering both parties from reaching an agreement, and that he is “not interested” in releasing Israeli hostages.

A Muslim shrine in Rishikesh in India was torn down by far-right Hindu vigilantes who say the mosque was 'illegally built'.