JAKARTA - US and Arab mediators have made some progress in their efforts to deal with the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. But no agreement has yet been made.
As negotiations continued in Qatar, the Israeli military launched an attack on the Gaza region killing 17 people.
Qatar, the US and Egypt made great efforts to reach an agreement to stop fighting in the 15-month conflict and release the remaining hostages detained by the Hamas Islamist group before President Joe Biden leaves office.
President-elect Donald Trump has warned there will be "a fee to be paid" if the hostages are not released at the time of their inauguration on January 20.
On Thursday, January 9, a Palestinian official close to mediation efforts said the absence of an agreement so far did not mean the negotiations did not produce anything and said it was the most serious attempt so far to reach an agreement.
"There are extensive negotiations, mediators and negotiators are discussing every word and every detail. There is a breakthrough in narrowing the gap, but there is no agreement yet," he told Reuters, without providing further details.
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Previously, Israeli Foreign Ministry Director-General Eden Bar-Tal said Israel was fully committed to reaching an agreement to repatriate hostages from Gaza but faced obstacles from Hamas.
Both sides have been deadlocked for a year due to two major problems. Hamas said they would only release the remaining hostages if Israel agreed to end the war and withdraw all its troops from Gaza. Israel says it will not end the war until Hamas is disbanded and all hostages are released.
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