Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said on Saturday that the framework for negotiating a ceasefire framework for the conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza had not been “too promising” in recent days, Reuters reported. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Hamas of “deceptive” demands

“The pattern of the last few days is not promising, but as I always say, we will always remain optimistic and we will always persevere,” Sheikh Mohammed told the Munich Security Conference.

Sheikh Mohammed, who is also foreign minister, said he could not go into details of the talks, but that, as in previous deals, there were two elements: humanitarian conditions in Gaza and the number of Palestinians to be released in exchange for hostages. Hamas.

“I think we’re talking about a larger scale in this agreement, and we still see some difficulties on the humanitarian side of these negotiations,” he said.

He added that he believed that if negotiations on the humanitarian element of any deal progressed, the obstacle of the number of people released would eventually be removed.

Talks involving officials from Qatar, Egypt, Israel and the United States have so far failed to produce a ceasefire agreement.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday that he had sent peace negotiators to Cairo at the request of US President Joe Biden, but they did not return for further talks because Hamas’ demands were “delusional”.

He said there was no point in further negotiations until Hamas changed its demands.

Netanyahu, speaking to reporters, also said that a broader diplomatic deal with the Palestinians could only be achieved through direct negotiations without any preconditions.