Cairo negotiations are making progress and Washington is pressing to conclude a deal. Source stated, early Monday, that "there is progress in the discussions and agreement on the basic axes between all parties" The delegations of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and Qatar left Cairo and will return within two days to complete the terms of the final agreement.

Israeli Channel 12 quoted sources as saying that it expects Washington to put forward a proposal to resolve the main knot in the negotiations related to return of the displaced to northern Gaza.