Hamas says captives killed by Israeli fire

Hamas issued a statement holding Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the US administration responsible for the failure to reach a ceasefire and captive exchange deal in Gaza.

The group also blamed Netanyahu for the deaths of Israeli captives, saying they "were killed by his army's bullets".

"The attempts to mislead public opinion led by the criminal Netanyahu through his continued policy of deception and lies, to evade responsibility for [the impasse] that the negotiations have reached, will not absolve him from bearing full responsibility for the continued fascist aggression on the Gaza Strip and his imposition of more conditions that obstruct the efforts of the mediators to reach a ceasefire," the statement read.

Izzat al-Risheq, a member of Hamas' political bureau, said the six captives found dead by the Israeli army "were only killed by Zionist bombing".