A senior member of the Hamas terrorist group said on Friday that talks with Israel on a long-term ceasefire deal were in “the final stretch.”

The official, Khalil al-Hayya, told the Lebanon-based Al-Mayadeen television the deal would follow understandings reached between the sides at the end of Operation Protective Edge in 2014. He did not elaborate.

(Arutz Sheva’s North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Shabbat in New York. The time posted automatically on all Arutz Sheva articles, however, is Israeli time.)


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