GAZA - Hamas politburo chief Ismail Haniyeh on Friday accused Israel of using negotiations to continue the war in Gaza, stressing the movement's adherence to all paths that protect the Palestinian people and stop the "aggression" completely.

Speaking at the Arab National Conference in the Lebanese capital Beirut, Haniyeh said Hamas had informed mediators from Egypt and Qatar that "its established rules cannot be waived," which include the cessation of the "aggression," the comprehensive withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Gaza Strip, the lifting of the siege, reconstruction, and the implementation of "a complete prisoner swap deal."

Israeli public broadcaster Kan reported on Tuesday that Israel had handed over a document outlining its proposal to Qatar and Egypt to resume negotiations for a prisoner-hostage exchange with Hamas and to achieve a ceasefire in Gaza.

The previous round of ceasefire negotiations in the Gaza Strip, which took place in Egypt, collapsed earlier this month.

Fighting continued in the southernmost Gazan city of Rafah despite international condemnations of the Israeli offensive.

The Hamas-run media office in Gaza on Friday warned of an unprecedented humanitarian disaster in the enclave due to the closure of land crossings.

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At least 70 Palestinians were found dead on Friday in northern Gaza's Jabalia refugee camp where Israel has just pulled out its armed forces after a nearly three-week offensive

"We warn of the intensification of the food, water, and medicine crises and the worsening of famine and thirst due to the Israeli army's ban on bringing aid and fuel into the Gaza Strip, and we hold it fully responsible for an imminent humanitarian disaster," the office said in a press statement.

It added all crossings and exits leading to the Gaza Strip had been closed by the Israeli army for the past 24 days, preventing 22,000 wounded and sick people from seeking treatment outside Gaza, the office said.

Moreover, the statement highlighted that more than 98 percent of the enclave's bakeries had ceased operations due to a lack of cooking gas, while more than 700 water wells had been shut down.

Meanwhile, at least 70 Palestinians were found dead on Friday in northern Gaza's Jabalia refugee camp where Israel has just pulled out its armed forces after a nearly three-week offensive.

Local medical sources told Xinhua that ambulance and civil defense crews primitively retrieved about 70 bodies, including 20 children, from the camp, while search work continued for the missing.

The sources noted that dozens of others were reported missing under the rubble of homes, shelters, and hospitals due to Israeli air and artillery strikes in the operation.

As the Israeli forces withdrew, hundreds of residents returned from shelters to their homes in the camp to check on their properties. Some of them told Xinhua that the strikes had resulted in heavy damage to hundreds of residential units as well as roads, water supply systems, and sewage infrastructure in the camp and its surroundings.

They accused the Israeli soldiers of setting fire to apartments and residential buildings as a form of "collective punishment and revenge."

The Israeli troops of the 98th Division withdrew after completing their mission in eastern Jabalia and began preparation for continued operations in the Gaza Strip, after "rescuing seven bodies of hostages, eliminating hundreds of terrorists, and destroying a 10-km subterranean tunnel network," the Israel Defense Forces said in a statement on Friday.

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On the same day, the Hamas-run media office in Gaza condemned the Israeli army for adopting a "scorched earth" policy in its attack on the Jabalia camp, which left residential blocks destroyed and numerous Palestinians displaced.

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees also said Friday that it has received "horrific reports" from the agency's facilities in Jabalia, where "displaced people, including children, (were) reportedly killed and injured (when) sheltering in our school."

It said on social media platform X that the IDF had besieged a shelter converted from the agency-run school in Jabalia and set tents of people sheltering there on fire.

Israel has launched a large-scale offensive against Hamas in Gaza to retaliate against a Hamas rampage through the southern Israeli border on Oct 7, 2023, during which about 1,200 people were killed and more than 200 were taken hostage.