News - Middle East: The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has denounced as “misleading” US President Joe Biden’s claim that the group is backing away from a Gaza ceasefire deal, calling his remarks a “green light” for Israel to continue the genocidal war on the besieged enclave.

Hamas made the remarks in a statement on Tuesday, after Biden accused the resistance group of blocking a deal with Israel that would halt the ongoing war in Gaza earlier in the day.

The “misleading claims... do not reflect the true position of the movement, which is keen to reach a ceasefire” agreement, Hamas said, noting that these remarks enable the Israeli regime “to commit more crimes against defenseless Palestinian civilians.”

The resistance group further stressed that it has agreed to a ceasefire proposal laid out by the US president in June. However, it said, the latest proposal put forward by the US and Israel includes new provisions contradicting the earlier framework.