Palestinian official says Hamas ends hostage talks

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Hamas on Sunday (Nov 12) said it is suspending hostage negotiations because of Israel's handling of the Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza, a Palestinian official briefed on the hostage talks told Reuters.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 Hundreds of demonstrators in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv called on Sunday for the release

00:06 of more than 200 hostages being held in the Gaza Strip.

00:10 The Israeli government says Hamas fighters took more than 200 captives in an October

00:15 7 surprise attack that killed 1,200 people.

00:19 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday told NBC News there "could be" a

00:24 hostage deal soon, which he said was the result of the pressure Hamas faced from Israel's

00:30 ground invasion of the Gaza Strip.

00:32 U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan on Sunday said Washington was involved with

00:37 what he called a "sensitive negotiation" with other nations to secure the release of hostages.

00:43 But on Sunday, a Palestinian official briefed on the hostage talks said Hamas had "suspended"

00:48 the negotiations because of Israel's handling of the Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza, where medical

00:54 staff say they have been completely cut off by the Israeli military.

00:57 There was no immediate comment from either Hamas or Israel about hostage negotiations.

01:02 The Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry says more than 11,000 Palestinians have been killed

01:07 by Israeli air and artillery strikes, around 40 percent of them children, since the October

01:13 7 attack.

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