The European Union said Sunday it condemned what it called Hamas’s refusal to accept the extension of the first phase of a Gaza ceasefire agreement, adding Israel’s subsequent aid blockade “risked humanitarian consequences”.

The European Union has condemned what it called Hamas’s ­refusal to accept an extension of the first phase of a Gaza ceasefire agreement, adding that Israel’s subsequent aid blockade “risked humanitarian consequences”.

Hamas accused Israel of trying to derail the ceasefire agreement hours after its first phase ended. It called the decision to cut off aid “cheap extortion, a war crime and a blatant attack” on the truce,