Middle East crisis live: Hamas official calls Trump’s latest Gaza remarks ‘absurd’ after delaying hostage releases

Delay comes amid little progress over negotiations and Israeli official calls the move a violation of ceasefire deal

• Hamas suspends release of Israeli hostages over violations' of ceasefire
• Trump says Palestinians will have no right of return to Gaza under his plan

The IDF's raid on the West Bank city of Jenin, which has killed at least 25 Palestinian people, according to officials, is on its 21st consecutive day. The Israeli military says its aim is to rout out what it has described as militants.

Jenin's refugee camp, one of 19 across the West Bank built in the aftermath of Israel's creation in 1948 to house displaced Palestinians, is a centre of armed Palestinian resistance to the Israeli occupation.

The occupation soldiers opened fire on the journalists present in the Jenin camp, detained a group of them, interrogated them, confiscated their phones, and prevented them from returning to the camp.

The occupation continues to demolish and burn the homes of citizens in the camp, amid intensive flying of drones.