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A top Israeli official has said that Hamas’s continued demand for a lasting ceasefire in the fighting in Gaza is stymying prospects of reaching a truce, AFP reports.
“So far, Hamas has not given up its demand to end the war, thus thwarting the possibility of reaching an agreement,” the official told AFP on condition of anonymity, after Hamas negotiators returned to Egypt to give their response to a proposed pause in the nearly seven-month conflict.
