A senior Egyptian source said negotiations for a Gaza ceasefire were “difficult” but were “continuing.”
The information was released by Egyptian state broadcaster Al Qahera after the international press reported that negotiations in Cairo had been suspended.
However, Arabic television Al Jazeera stated that “a meeting between the Hamas delegation and the head of Egyptian intelligence and yesterday's talks.” [4] and the day before yesterday [3] in Cairo “didn't bring about any change”.
Hamas leader Basem Naim said the group had presented its proposal to mediators and was awaiting a response from Israel, which has decided not to take part in the round of talks in Egypt.
Last week, the President of the United States, Joe Biden, even stated that he expected an agreement for last Monday (4), but was affected by the Israeli attack on Palestinian civilians during a humanitarian aid distribution in Gaza, in which more than 100 people died Negotiations.
Israel gave Hamas a deadline of the start of Ramadan on March 10 to release all hostages kidnapped on October 7 and prevent a major offensive in Rafah, the southernmost city in the Gaza Strip, on the border with Egypt and currently home to around 1.5 million people.