Israel made it clear to Egypt and Qatar that it will not hold another round of talks until Hamas presents a list of the hostages who are alive and provides a serious response to the number of Palestinian prisoners that the mediators proposed to be released as part of the deal, two Israeli senior officials said. ...
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Egypt and Qatar promised Israel that if it sent a delegation to Doha this week for talks on the humanitarian aspects of the proposed deal, they would bring answers from Hamas on which hostages are still alive and put pressure on the group to be flexible on the number of Palestinians prisoners it demands to be released as part of any agreement.
- Senior Israeli officials said that after three days of talks in Qatar, the Israeli delegation returned to Israel on Thursday without answers. "The mediators promised that Hamas would give numbers and that didn't happen," said an Israeli official.
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