Khaled Meshaal would not be drawn on whether Hamas will stop hostage negotiations entirely if Israel presses ahead with a ground invasion of Gaza.
The key Hamas negotiator over the fate of more than 200 hostages held by the group inside Gaza says all the civilians among them will be released - if the right conditions are met. Khaled Meshaal is a powerful figure within Hamas, revered as a living martyr after surviving an Israeli attempt to assassinate him almost three decades ago.
Read more from Sky News:Soldier wounded while freeing kibbutz wants to return to frontlineIsraeli soldier killed by Hamas fighters during ground raid In one of the first indications that Hamas overreached on 7 October, he claimed it had never planned on killing civilians. He said of civilian deaths: 'If there was any killing, this was definitely not intended. Definitely.' And he denied claims from Israel that Hamas had adopted new more brutal tactics.
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