Hamas,'reduction of requests? It's Israeli propaganda' - Breaking news. Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh's chief of staff, Taher Anonu, said that reports that Hamas had renounced some of its demands in negotiations to free the hostages were "Israeli propaganda", and accused Israel of trying to thwart the attempt to reach an agreement.

The conditions set by Hamas for an agreement remain the cessation of the war, the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza, the lifting of the blockade and the rehabilitation of the Gaza Strip.