Hamas says Gaza truce talks still deadlocked despite reports of progress

This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article.'There is no change in the position of the occupation and therefore, there is nothing new in the Cairo talks,' says a Hamas official

Israel and Hamas sent teams to Egypt on Sunday after the arrival on Saturday of CIA Director William Burns, whose presence underlined rising US pressure for“There is no change in the position of the occupation and therefore, there is nothing new in the Cairo talks,” the Hamas official, who asked not to be named, told Reuters.Six months into its offensive against Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas that has devastated Gaza and left most of its 2.

Two Egyptian security sources and state-run Al-Qahera News said on Monday some progress had been made in the Cairo talks. Delegations left Cairo and consultations were expected to continue within 48 hours, the sources and Al-Qahera said.However, a Palestinian official close to mediation efforts told Reuters that deadlock continued over Israel’s refusal to end the war, withdraw its forces from Gaza, allow all civilians to return to their homes and lift a 17-year-old blockade to allow speedy reconstruction of the coastal enclave.

Israel has ruled out winding up the war shortly or withdrawing from Gaza, saying its forces will not relent until Hamas no longer controls Gaza or threatens Israel militarily. Under global pressure to ease Gaza’s humanitarian crisis and drop plans to storm Rafah, a town on the southern border with Egypt packed with over a million displaced people, Israel said on Sunday it had withdrawn more soldiers from southern Gaza.

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