Hamas says ceasefire talks will resume next week, making a truce for Ramadan unlikely
HAMAS said today that its delegation has left Cairo and that talks on a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release will resume next week.
The move makes it unlikely that mediators will be able to broker a deal before the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
Mediators had looked to Ramadan as an informal deadline because the month of dawn-to-dusk fasting often sees Israeli-Palestinian violence linked to access to a major Jerusalem holy site.
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