Mossad chief calls on Netanyahu to allow Palestinians to return to northern Gaza

Israel's Mossad chief David Barnea has conveyed to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that a captives deal will only be possible if there is a compromise on the return of Palestinian civilians to north Gaza, accordinfg to the Israeli Channel 13.

 

Truce talks between Israel and Hamas reportedly resumed yesterday in Cairo.

 

Israeli Haaretz newspaper on Saturday quoted an unnamed Israeli source who reiterated that the talks have been deadlocked because Hamas insist on its demand for northern Gazans to be allowed to return after being forcibly displaced by srael to the south.

 

The reistance groups, also conditions any further captive releases on an Israeli commitment to ending the war and withdrawing all Israeli forces from Gaza.

 

Israel has rejected both of these demands outright.