Correspondent
Talks on Gaza expanding have not reached an agreement for the interruption of the fire, Palestinian official said to the BBC, because he now accused Hamas of setting “completely impractical” demands at meetings in Qatar.
Negotiators are trying to find the way forward after the first phase of temporary truck ended on March 1.
The United States suggested that they extend the first phase by mid -April, including the further exchange of hostages held by Hamas and Palestinian prisoners held by Israel.
But an unnamed Palestinian official said Israel and Hamas did not agree on the key aspects of the agreement concluded by the American Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff at indirect conversations.
Israel has yet to comment, but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said he would receive a report of the Israeli negotiating team on Saturday on Saturday.
The White House accused Hamas of making “completely impractical” demands in his response to Witkoff’s proposal.
This would expand the interruption of fire in April, but delay the negotiation of the permanent end of the war.
A statement from Witkoff’s Office and the US National Security Council on Friday said: “Hamas is very badly betting that time is on his side. Not.”
“Hamas is well aware of the deadline and should know that we will respond accordingly if that deadline passes.”
Hamas’s statement that BBC saw the negotiations broke.
Netanyahua office earlier said Israel had accepted the US proposal.
Hamas said he remained “firm in his rejection and did not reject a millimeter,” accusing a group of “manipulation and psychological warfare.”
Israel and Hamas agreed A tribute contract that includes three stages In January, after 15 months of war.
In the first phase, Hamas returned 25 living Israeli hostages, the remains of eight others and five living Thai hostages. Israel released about 1800 Palestinian prisoners in return.
The agreement is said to include the second phase to include remaining live hostages in Gaza exchanged for multiple Palestinian prisoners.
But both sides do not currently disagree with the number of hostages that should be published the following.
They also disagree with the withdrawal of Israeli troops from Gaza, of which the original agreement says that it should happen so far.
Israel resists this point, while Hamas insists that this happens.
Israel stopped all the help and electricity in Gaza, including food and fuel, Saying that he aims to pressure the hams.
Hamas is believed to still hold up to 24 live hostages in Gaza and the remains of 35 others.
As indirect conversations continued on Friday, the group said in a statement that she was ready to release the last living-American hostage of Israeli-American hostage that is known to be held.
Edan Alexander, 21 served as an Israeli soldier near Gaza as they took him.
According to the terms of the original dedication agreement, it was expected to be among the last hostages released.
The group also said they would hand over the remains of four other double nationals trapped during the attack on October 7, 2023.
He did not give further details, nor is it clear what he will require in return.
Witkoff rejected the offer, saying that Hamas was trying to appear in public in public, and was privately impractical.
The attacks led by Hamas on October 7, 2023 killed more than 1,200 people in southern Israel, mostly civilians, with 251 he took hostage.
The attack launched an Israeli military offensive that has since killed more than 48,520 people, most of the civilians, according to the Ministry of Health in Hamas used by the UN and others.
Most 2.1 million Gaza populations have been displaced several times.
Estimated 70% of buildings Damaged or destroyed, systems for health, water and sanitary systems have collapsed, and lack of food, fuel, medicines and shelters.
