Reports suggest sides still not close to deal, but Hamas claims breakthrough possible

Israel and Hamas aren’t close to reaching a second ceasefire agreement, an Israeli official tells CNN.

“For the time being, it’s still negotiations. There is nothing final,” the report quotes the official as saying.

A report from Reuters contradicts CNN, citing a Palestinian official as saying that a “breakthrough could be possible within days.”

Hamas hasn’t changed its negotiating stance, the source says, laying out demands Israel isn’t prepared to meet.

“Hamas’s stance remains they don’t have a desire for humanitarian pauses. Hamas wants a complete end to the Israeli war on Gaza,” the official says.

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