The newspaper reported that Israeli leaders wanted to agree on a short truce with Hamas on Saturday and release the Israeli hostages Reuters.
But according to news agency information, the Palestinians believe that the ceasefire is unjustified, because the situation has not changed in the past five months.
Israeli delegates discussed the ceasefire in Paris on Friday with Qatari, Egyptian and American mediators, where similar negotiations helped bring about a ceasefire in November, under which several Israeli and Palestinian hostages were released.
Tzachi Hanegbi, head of Israel's National Security Council, explained after the negotiations that although Hamas has now rejected the truce, Israeli delegates feel that some progress has been made during the negotiations. They said,
It is possible that a ceasefire agreement will be reached in the near future.
Hanegbi did not reveal further details, but in response to a journalist's question, he nodded that a ceasefire could be reached by the month of Ramadan in March.
Meanwhile, thousands of people held a vigil to honor the hostages in Tel Aviv on Saturday, and an anti-government demonstration was held in the capital.
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