Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri tells Al Jazeera that the ceasefire proposal presented to the group does not meet its demands.

Abu Zuhri said Hamas would not accept a temporary truce in exchange for the release of Israeli captives in Gaza because Israel would then resume its bombing campaign.

Israel’s Mossad spy chief and the CIA director this week attended talks in Qatar’s capital – the first high-level talks since ceasefire efforts aimed at ending the war in Gaza broke down in August.

Families of nearly 100 Israeli captives who remain in Gaza have put pressure on the Israeli government to sign a deal to secure the release of their relatives.

Abu Zuhri also added that the group was aiming to “stop the war of extermination” against the people of Gaza and would therefore not accept anything short of a permanent truce.

He said Hamas believes Israel does not want a ceasefire agreement but is looking to return the captives home without an end to the war, which the group rejects.

Abu Zuhri added that the US was not interested in a real agreement.