The first session of indirect Hamas-Israel ceasefire talks in Qatar has ended inconclusively, according to two Palestinian sources familiar with the matter, Reuters reports.

The Israeli delegation didn’t have a sufficient mandate to reach an agreement with Hamas.

“After the first session of indirect negotiations in Doha, the Israeli delegation is not sufficiently authorised… to reach an agreement with Hamas, as it has no real powers,” the sources told Reuters.

Netanyahu said, before his departure to Washington, that Israeli negotiators taking part in the ceasefire talks have clear instructions to achieve a ceasefire agreement under conditions that Israel has accepted.