The Palestinian radical movement Hamas has announced the suspension of ceasefire talks with Israel following the assassination in Lebanon of the deputy head of the movement, Saleh al-Arouri, according to Xinhua news agency. “We have informed the brothers in Qatar and Egypt of the freezing of negotiations,” said a spokesperson for the agency. The reference is specifically to the negotiations regarding a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. Qatar and Egypt have been intermediaries in the dialogue between Israel and Hamas. Elimination of the deputy head of Hamas On the evening of January 2, in a suburb o…