Taher al Nonoa political adviser to Hamas leader Ismail Haniya, said today that “negotiations,” which he did not specify, are continuing and no agreement has yet been reached with Israel.

The organization’s official did not elaborate further in his statement posted on the Hamas Telegram channel.

Haniya and other Hamas officials held talks with Egypt’s intelligence chief on the situation in Gaza today.

Haniya’s visit to Cairo comes at a time when Qatar is negotiating the release of hostages held by Hamas in exchange for a short-term ceasefire.

In this context, Israeli and US intelligence chiefs discussed the possibility of a “humanitarian pause” with Qatari officials in Doha today, a source with knowledge of the talks said.

Egypt had been involved in the earlier talks that led, late last month, to the release of two women kidnapped by Hamas on October 7.

Traditionally, the Egyptian intelligence services are the ones who manage negotiations between Palestinian movements or between Israelis and Palestinians.