Hamas is looking to secure a “fair hostage exchange” as part of a deal with Israel to end the two-year war that’s devastated Gaza and destabilized much of the Middle East.

The Palestinian militant group’s negotiating team in Egypt will aim to “eliminate all obstacles” to a settlement, Fawzi Barhoum, a Hamas spokesperson, said during a televised address broadcast on Qatar-based Al-Jazeera on Tuesday.

An agreement should also include the unconditional entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza, an assurance that refugees can return and immediate permission to begin reconstruction under a Palestinian committee, Barhoum said.

It wasn’t immediately clear if his comments indicate Hamas won’t agree to release hostages unless all of the group’s conditions are met, a scenario that would reduce the like

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