No deal better than committing to humiliating truce, says PIJ

A Lebanon-based Palestinian Islamic Jihad official says it is better for the Palestinian delegation in Cairo for ceasefire talks to return to the Gaza Strip without a deal than to sign a humiliating document.

Nonetheless, the official concedes that Egypt, currently in the role as mediator, will be given enough time to successfully negotiate a permanent ceasefire, Israel Radio reports.

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