A Palestinian woman and a child check a room at a UNRWA school housing displaced people, following an Israeli strike in the Bureij refugee camp in the centre of the Gaza Strip. AFP
"Egyptian officials met twice with a high-level Hamas delegation led by (chief negotiator) Khalil al-Hayya (and) Qatari officials on Wednesday and Thursday in Doha," one source told AFP.
A second source said the talks were "serious" but made "no concrete progress".
Israel's military resumed its genocidal assault on the Gaza Strip on March 18, ending a two-month truce that saw a surge in aid into the war-ravaged territory and the release of Israeli captives in exchange for Palestinian prisoners.
Israel announced plans on Monday to expand its genocidal campaign against Palestinians in Gaza, drawing a chorus of international criticism.
Israel's military has said the expanded operations approved by the security cabinet on Sunday would include displacing "most" of Gaza's population.
An Israeli security source said there was still a "window of opportunity" for a captive release deal to be struck to coincide with US President Donald Trump's May 13 to 16 visit to the region.
But one of the sources close to Hamas told AFP Friday: "We do not expect an agreement to be concluded" by then.
The comment came after Hamas rejected an Israeli proposal for a 45-day truce with captives to be released in exchange for Palestinian prisoners and a relaxation of the devastating aid blockade Israel imposed on Gaza on March 2.
Senior Hamas official Bassem Naim told AFP Wednesday that the group insisted on a "comprehensive agreement" to end the war.
Nearly the entire population of Gaza—2.4 million people—has been displaced at least once in the ongoing genocide, which has killed at least 52,760 Palestinians, most of them women and children, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, a source deemed reliable by the United Nations.
*This story was edited by Ahram Online.
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