India, Oct. 5 -- Israel's army chief on Sunday issued a warning that fighting in Gaza will resume if talks with Hamas fail.

The warning from Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir comes as Israel and Hamas have agreed to hold talks to get the remaining hostages released."There is no ceasefire (at the moment), but the operational situation has changed, with the political level converting the tools and achievements you have gained through military action into political gains," Zamir told a group of soldiers deployed in Gaza.

"If the political effort fails, we will return to fighting," he added, according to a statement issued by the military.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office released a statement saying that the Israeli delegation, heade...