Israel didn’t attend ceasefire talks in Cairo immediately after Hamas rejected its request for a full record of the names of hostages nonetheless alive, an Israeli newspaper stated.
A Hamas delegation arrived in Cairo for the talks, which had been offered as a probably last hurdle earlier than a deal to halt preventing for six weeks. However till early night the Israelis have been absent.
“There isn’t a Israeli delegation in Cairo,” unnamed Israeli officers stated, in response to the Ynet web site of the Israeli Yediot Achronot newspaper. “Hamas refuses to present clear solutions and subsequently there is no such thing as a motive to ship the Israeli delegation.”
Washington has insisted a ceasefire deal is shut and have to be struck in time for the preventing to cease by the beginning of Ramadan in per week's time. However the warring sides don’t present, at the least publicly, that they’re backing down from their earlier calls for.
After the Hamas delegation arrived, a Palestinian official informed Reuters there was “no deal but”. There was no official remark from the Israeli facet.
A supply briefed on the talks stated yesterday, Saturday, that the Israelis could not go to Cairo except Hamas first presents the complete record of hostages nonetheless alive. A Palestinian supply informed Reuters that Hamas has to date rejected the request.
In earlier negotiations Hamas has sought to keep away from discussing the standing of particular person hostages till the phrases of their launch have been decided.
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Supply: APE-MPE-Reuters
