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A senior Hamas official said Friday (Nov 15) the Palestinian militant group was "ready for a ceasefire" in besieged Gaza.

Hamas political bureau member Bassem Naim told news agency AFP that he wanted US President-elect Donald Trump to press Israel to "end the aggression".

"Hamas is ready to reach a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip if a ceasefire proposal is presented and on the condition that it is respected" by Israel, said the Hamas official.

"We call on the US administration and Trump to pressure the Israeli government to end the aggression," he added.

Naim added that he was in favour of a proposal that would achieve two things

A definitive ceasefire in the Gaza
Withdrawal of the Israeli military from the Palestinian territory
Naim's statement comes after the latest round of negotiations collapsed in mid-October.

Israel has long maintained it will not agree to longer truces, with more disagreements revolving around the future role of Hamas and Israel's military presence in Gaza.

Although Trump has said he is in favour of ending conflicts in Gaza and Lebanon, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu may now take even bolder steps that could lead to further intensification of the war.

Hamas ally releases new hostage video

Meanwhile, Hamas ally Islamic Jihad on Friday shared another clip showing a Russian-Israeli citizen Sasha Trupanov, following the first clip shared earlier this week.

Trupanov, 29, was detained by Hamas along with his girlfriend Sapir Cohen.

Russia has called on Hamas to release Trupanov as well as another hostage named Maxim Herkin, who was kidnapped by Hamas during the October 2023 terror attack on Israel.

Gaza aid access 'at low point'

The UN office for humanitarian affairs earlier said that aid access in Gaza was at a low point, as making deliveries to the northern parts of the territory had become nearly impossible.

"From our perspective, on all indicators you can possibly think of in a humanitarian response, all of them are going in the wrong direction," said Jens Laerke, spokesperson for the UN office.