Hamas says no progress in Gaza truce talks as sides set to meet again
Al Jazeera
No major progress achieved in negotiations in Cairo, Israeli and Hamas officials say.
Israeli and Hamas officials say no significant progress has been made in the latest round of Gaza truce talks in Cairo attended by representatives from mediators Egypt, Qatar and the United States.
“There is no change in the position of the occupation and, therefore, there is nothing new in the Cairo talks. … There is no progress yet,” a Hamas official, who asked not to be named, told the Reuters news agency on Monday, shortly after reports quoting Egyptian sources said headway had been made.
Israel’s Ynet news outlet cited an unidentified Israeli official as saying there had been “nothing dramatic” in the talks.
“We still don’t see a deal on the horizon. The distance is still great, and there has been nothing dramatic in the meantime,” the official said.
A separate senior Israeli official was quoted by Ynet as saying: “Patience is needed. There is potential, but we are not there yet.”
