Israel National News reports: “Hamas on Wednesday weighed in on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to US Congress.

The group claimed that Netanyahu’s comment about intensified efforts to return the hostages is ‘a complete lie and misleading Israeli, American and international public opinion’, as quoted by the Xinhua news agency.

Netanyahu is ‘the one who thwarted all efforts aimed at ending the war and concluding a deal to release the prisoners’ despite the continuous efforts of mediators in Egypt and Qatar and despite the flexibility and positivity that he showed, Hamas said in a statement…”