Sources involved in ceasefire talks say Netanyahu sabotaging negotiations: Report

Quoting sources involved in ceasefire negotiations, Haaretz reports that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is "once again sabotaging the talks".

"His statements indicating that Israel would not withdraw from the Gaza-Egypt border, at a time when sensitive negotiations are underway for finding a solution there, only make it more difficult to find a solution, increasing suspicions, signalling to Hamas and the mediators that Netanyahu is uninterested in a deal," one source said.

While an American source denied that Netanyahu made such comments, the latter's office did not deny the quotes attributed to him.

Another source said that "Netanyahu is consistently undermining the negotiations and delaying a deal. His move toward [US Secretary of State Antony] Blinken on Monday was the exception. His statements on Tuesday at that forum were, for him, a return to routine."