Contacts in the shadow of the fighting: Cairo continues to work vigorously to reach a ceasefire agreement and prisoner exchange between Israel and Hamas, but so far both sides are entrenched in their position and there has been no breakthrough in the talks.
Documentation: The abductees are transferred from Hamas to the Red Cross \\ Arab networks
According to a report published Sunday morning on the Kuwaiti news website Al-Arabi Al-Jadid, a delegation of senior Egyptian intelligence officials arrived in Tel Aviv on Thursday last week and met with senior government officials in Israel.
The main obstacle - Netanyahu
The news website reported from sources in the Egyptian government that "the main obstacle to the agreement is Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. So far, many implementable proposals have been placed on Israel's desk, but Netanyahu is in a tough state," the source told Arab media.
Hamas also continues to insist on a final cessation of the fighting in the Gaza Strip before concrete negotiations begin on the release of the hostages.
According to the newspaper, Cairo summoned representatives of the Palestinian factions to discuss new proposals for renewing indirect negotiations with Israel.
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