A Hamas official told me the parties were close to reaching a hostage deal and claimed the Israeli decision to start evacuating the Palestinian population from Rafah will lead to the suspension of the hostage negotiations
A senior Israeli official claimed that the main sticking point in indirect negotiations between the Palestinian Resistance group Hamas and Israel was whether the prisoner swap would lead to the end of the war on the Gaza Strip and to a permanent ceasefire.… pic.twitter.com/m2r04e9t0T