Egyptian sources told the Qatari newspaper Al-Arabi Al-Jadid that "senior officials in Cairo, who are in coordination with Doha, informed senior US administration officials that it is difficult to bring about a deal between Israel and Hamas as long as there is no immediate ceasefire."
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According to the report, the other terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip aligned themselves with Hamas' condition not to participate in any negotiations while the attacks continued.
Mossad chief David Barnea met with Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani in one of Europe's capitals on Monday.
Dadi Barnea and Mohammed bin Abdulrahman II, Prime Minister of Qatar, Photo: Gideon Markowitz, AFP
According to Egyptian sources told to the Axios news website, the two discussed the release of Palestinian prisoners in exchange for the release of Israeli abductees in the Gaza Strip, as well as the possibility of a further lull in the fighting in the Gaza Strip.
A political source told Israel Hayom that "we and all the mediators are interested in renewing the dialogue and talking about a new outline that will be put on the table, but at the moment Hamas is demanding an end to the fighting and the withdrawal of the IDF, and it will not be."
Red Cross jeep en route to Egypt, photo: Reuters
According to the source, it is in Israel's interest to end the return of the women and children first, but Hamas still insists on various points that make negotiations difficult. Israel Hayom has learned that the possibility of a ceasefire has been discussed in the various discussions currently being held. But Israel conveyed its unequivocal position: The IDF will not retreat and the war will not end there.
On Monday, foreign media reported that Barnea had been given "a green light by the government in Jerusalem to move forward with negotiations on another hostage deal with the heads of the regime in Tartar.
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