'Israel is deluded if it thinks harming my relatives will change my stance': Hamas chief

The head of Hamas' political wing, Ismail Haniyeh, said on Tuesday that "If Israel thinks that harming my family members will change my position and the resistance to the occupation, then it is delusional."

Haniyeh added that every person killed in the Gaza Strip is like a family member to him.

On cease-fire and hostage release negotiations, Haniyeh said that "Hamas showed great flexibility and agreed to all the proposals for a cease-fire on the condition of the war ending and [the Israeli army] withdrawing from the Strip. We stand by our principles, and any agreement must include a full cease-fire."

Haniyeh's statement follows the killing of his sister by Israeli forces on Tuesday. 

According to medical sources, at least 10 people of the Haniyeh family were killed in an Israeli airstrike on their home in the Beach refugee camp, western Gaza City.