CAIRO: A senior Hamas official said Tuesday the chances of a durable ceasefire in Gaza were "evaporating" and that there had been ** progress in indirect negotiations with Israel.
The official, Ezzat al-Rishq, is among a Palestinian delegation in Cairo where Egyptian mediators are racing to bridge the gaps ahead of the expiration of a temporary ceasefire at midnight.
"There is ** progress in the negotiations. chances of an agreement are evaporating, and we hold the Zionist occupation fully responsible for that," Rishq wrote on Twitter.