Netanyahu attacked the Hamas response, but it is not certain that he broke the rules - voila! news. In Israel, they were surprised by Hamas' response to the outline for the release of the abductees, which looked like an exaggerated list of gifts for Ramadan.

Netanyahu called the answer "delusional", but did not announce that he rejected it outright. The American pressure for a truce may soon bring the parties to indirect negotiations in Cairo on the details of the agreement. There are quite a few senior Israeli officials who believe that within a few days the parties will enter into much more significant talks.