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A top Israeli official said on Saturday that Israel will send a delegation to Cairo for talks on a Gaza truce only if it sees a "positive movement" on a framework for a hostage deal.
"What we are looking at is an agreement over a framework for a possible hostage deal," the official told AFP on condition of anonymity.
"Tough and long negotiations are expected for an actual deal.
"The indication for positive movement over a framework would be if we send a delegation led by Mossad chief to Cairo," said the official, who spoke in English.
The comments came after a senior Hamas official said the group's negotiators had arrived in Cairo on Saturday for new talks on a proposed pause in the nearly seven-month conflict in the Gaza Strip.
Mediators from Qatar, Egypt and the United States have been waiting for Hamas to respond to a proposal that, according to details released by Britain, would halt fighting for 40 days and exchange hostages for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.
If they manage to reach a deal, it would be the first since a week-long truce in November, when Hamas released 105 hostages, the 80 Israelis among them in exchange for 240 Palestinians held by Israel.