Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told US President Joe Biden he has decided to send a delegation to resume stalled negotiations on a hostage release deal with Hamas, their administrations said.
Hamas made a pretty significant adjustment in its position over a potential hostage release deal with Israel, a senior US administration official said on Thursday , expressing hope that it would lead to a pact that would be a step to a permanent ceasefire.
Protesters hold signs during a demonstration against the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government in late June in Tel Aviv.“We’ve had a breakthrough,” the official told reporters on a conference call, adding there were still outstanding issues related to implementation of the agreement and that a deal was not expected to be closed in a period of days.
A source in the Israeli negotiating team, speaking on condition of anonymity, said there was a real chance of achieving agreement after Hamas made a revised proposal on the terms of a deal. “The proposal put forward by Hamas includes a very significant breakthrough,” the source said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
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