The fate of the hostages held in the Gaza Strip can only be clarified during a ceasefire, according to a senior member of the Palestinian militant organization Hamas. Part of the negotiations is to reach an agreement on a ceasefire “in order to have enough time and security to collect definitive and more accurate data on the captured Israelis,” said Basem Naim, a member of Hamas’ political wing, in a statement posted on Telegram. The abductees were in various locations in the embattled Gaza Strip and in the hands of various groups, the statement said. Some of them were also lying “under the ru…