- Progress has been made in discussions in Cairo on a truce in the Gaza conflict and there is agreement on the basic points between all parties involved, Al-Qahera News, an Egyptian state-owned TV channel, reported on Monday.

- Consultations will continue over the next two days as Hamas leaders, and delegations from Qatar, Egypt and the U.S. held talks on Sunday over a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and a hostage-for-prisoner swap deal between the organization and Israel.

- During previous rounds of indirect talks, Hamas demanded a complete cessation of the war, while Israel agreed only to a temporary ceasefire and rejected Hamas' request to allow displaced civilians to return home.

- Israel withdrew all ground troops from southern Gaza except for the Nahal Brigade, which remains in central Gaza, splitting the Strip in two and preventing the return of civilians from the south to the north of Gaza and vice-versa.

- But Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi said on Sunday that the military operation against Hamas is "far from" over, despite the withdrawal of soldiers.