Hamas Freezes Talks With Israel After Al-Arouri Murder

Iran condemned the assassination Saleh Al-Arouri and two Al-Qassam Brigades commanders.

Hamas announced a freeze on ceasefire negotiations with Israel after the faction's deputy chief, Saleh al-Arouri, was killed on Tuesday evening in an Israeli attack in Lebanon.

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"We have informed the brothers in Qatar and Egypt of the freezing of negotiations," the source said on condition of anonymity. So far, Qatar and Egypt have been mediating a ceasefire.

Hamas rejected any talks about reaching a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip amid escalated Israeli aggression and "assassination schemes" against Palestinian leaders.

Several aides of Al-Arouri, deputy head of the Hamas politburo, were also killed in the Israeli attack targeting a Hamas office in the southern suburb of the Lebanese capital of Beirut.

The text reads, "We are feeding Israeli captives with our own food, living with them in their places, while Palestinian prisoners have been living in conditions similar to those in Nazi concentration camps. Interview with Hamas leader Saleh al-Arouri."

Hamas confirmed that seven of its members were slain in the Israeli attack, slamming it as a "barbaric and heinous" terrorist act, a violation of Lebanon's sovereignty, and an expansion of Israeli aggression against Palestine and its people.

Lebanese armed group Hezbollah said the attack was a serious assault on the Lebanese people, security, and sovereignty.

"This crime will never pass without response and punishment," it said, warning that the attack signaled "a dangerous development" in the current Israel-Hamas conflict.