The Reuters article I provided a link to does not contain any "according to Hamas" statements.
Article was written by Nidal Al-Mughrabi, A senior correspondent with nearly 25 years’ experience covering the Palestinian-Israeli conflict including several wars and the signing of the first historic peace accord between the two sides.
Co-writen by Ari Rabinovitch, located in Israel.
As for Reutes journalists in Gaza. Well, they had at least one. That got killed by an Israeli tank crew. One of a few dozens of journalists that died in Gaza as a result of IDF's indiscriminate bombings/shellings. Which probably explains why most western journalists would be a little hesitant to go into Gaza,
