Israel says Hamas’s rejection of a current proposal for a Gaza truce deal with Israel shows the “damage” done by the UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said Israel would not surrender to what it called the Palestinian armed group’s “delusional demands”.
They include an end to the war and the complete withdrawal of Israeli forces.
The US called the Israeli statement “inaccurate in almost every respect”.
A State Department spokesman insisted that Hamas’s response had been prepared before the Security Council vote on Monday.
