Hamas issued the warning at a time when Israeli warplanes targeted several Hamas targets inside Gaza on Wednesday. Israeli military launched the offensive after multiple rockets were fired inside southern Israel from Gaza,
The latest attacks from both sides have showed that the ceasefire reached between the two sides has broken. UN Security Council on Wednesday urged Israel and the Palestinians to restart the truce talks. In a unanimously adopted statement, the 15-member council "called upon the parties to resume negotiations to urgently reach a sustainable and lasting ceasefire".
The UNSC's measure fell short of a full resolution, but sent a message that the global community would launch steps to broker the truce if the Egyptian-led peace track fails.
However the spokesman of the Hamas armed wing, Abu Obeida, said the group would not hold any fresh truce talks with Israel.
"We are calling on the Palestinian delegation to withdraw immediately from Cairo and not to return," Abu Obeida, said in a televised speech aired on Hamas's Al-Aqsa TV channel.
"We are warning international airlines and press them to stop flying into Ben Gurion airport from 6 am (0300 GMT)," he announced, dressed in military fatigues.
Meanwhile, several people on Wednesday came out on the streets of Jabaliya refugee camp to bury the wife and infant son of Mohammed Deif, the top commander of Hamas's armed wing in Gaza. The duo was killed in Israeli strike on Tuesday. Hamas claimed that Deif escaped the assassination attempt.
Israel has stressed that it would continue its offensive in Gaza until the security of Israelis was guaranteed. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the leaders of "terrorist organisations" are legitimate targets and warned that "no one is immune from our fire".
"Our policy is the following: if Hamas fires, we will hit back with more force and if they don't understand today, they will understand tomorrow and if not tomorrow then after tomorrow," Netanyahu said.
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