A high-ranking Egyptian source announced today, Tuesday, the continuation of Cairo talks with the aim of reaching a truce in the Gaza Strip, but indicated that the discussions are facing difficulties.

A Hamas leader said that negotiators from the movement will remain in Cairo for another day to hold more talks at the request of the mediators, so that the ceasefire talks will continue after two days have passed without a breakthrough.

Earlier, Reuters had reported that the talks hosted by Cairo between Hamas and mediators; The aim of reaching a ceasefire agreement in Gaza has collapsed.

For his part, Bassem Naim, a senior Hamas leader, said that the movement presented its proposal for a ceasefire agreement to the mediators during two days of talks and is now awaiting a response from the Israelis, who were absent from this round.

Naim added that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “does not want an agreement, and the ball is in the Americans’ court” to pressure him to reach an agreement, and Israel refrains from commenting publicly on the Cairo talks.

There were hopes that the Cairo talks would be the last stop before reaching the first long-term ceasefire in the war, a 40-day truce during which dozens of hostages would be released and aid would be pumped into Gaza to prevent famine, before the month of Ramadan.< /p>