"We are still far from an agreement but Hamas has abandoned some of its demands following the hardening of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu," a senior Israeli political official said. The talks "were very good" and "significant progress" was made, now it is up to Hamas to decide.
According to the sources, an updated framework for the potential agreement will now be presented to Hamas. A diplomatic source then explained to Haaretz that "an agreement can be reached before Ramadan". "Any further progress - he added - is in the hands of Hamas".