A senior Hamas official insisted late Saturday that the group would “not agree under any circumstances” to a truce in Gaza that did not explicitly include a complete end to the war. The official, who asked not to be named, decried Israeli efforts to obtain a deal on releasing hostages “without linking it to ending the aggression on Gaza”. “Hamas will not agree under any circumstances to an agreement that does not explicitly include a cessation of the war on Gaza,” the official said. “There will be no agreement without a complete cessation of the war and the withdrawal of the occupation from th…