The statement came after Egyptian, Qatari and US mediators met with Israeli negotiators in Rome on Sunday in the latest push for a truce in the more than nine-months-old war.

Hamas officials have previously accused Netanyahu of hindering negotiations. Israeli demonstrators, who have taken to the streets sometimes in the tens of thousands to demand a captive-release deal, have accused the prime minister of prolonging the war.

"We in the Hamas movement have listened to the mediators regarding what transpired recently in the Rome meeting, concerning the ceasefire negotiations and prisoner exchange," the group said in a statement.

"It is clear from what the mediators conveyed that Netanyahu has returned to his strategy of procrastination, stalling, and evading reaching an agreement by setting new conditions and demands," it added.

The new terms, Hamas said, represent "a retreat" from an earlier draft communicated by mediators.

Egypt, Qatar and the United States have been involved in months of mediation efforts aimed at ending the Israeli war on Gaza.

The proposed truce deal would be linked to the release of captives held in Gaza in exchange for Palestinian prisoners held in Israel.

Israel has killed at least 39,363 people in Gaza, mostly women and children, and has injured 90,923 others since the war started. 

*This story was edited by Ahram Online