The delegation of Hamas will stay in Cairo for one more day at the request of the negotiators, and the talks on the cease-fire in the Gaza Strip, in which there have been no results so far, will be continued, said an official of the Palestinian extremist organization. Meanwhile, Israel has denied that it has received a counteroffer from Hamas and that it is trying to “mine” those talks, Beta newe agency writes.
A Hamas official told Reuters that a Hamas delegation remains in Cairo for further talks and expects them to conclude later today, Israeli media reported. The Egyptian television Cairo also reported that the talks are being extended, but that they are facing difficulties.
A little earlier, senior Hamas official Bassem Naim said that the organization had presented its proposal for a ceasefire to negotiators from Egypt and Qatar and was waiting for a response from the Israelis, who did not come to Cairo.
Responding to Naim’s claim that Israel is preventing an agreement from being reached, a senior Israeli official said that this is not true and that the country is making every possible effort to reach a truce, and that a response from Hamas is awaited.
