A senior Hamas official has said that a ceasefire in Gaza could be secured “within 24 to 48 hours” if Israel accepts the group’s demands in ongoing talks.

The anonymous official said that these terms would include the return of displaced Palestinians to northern Gaza and an increase in humanitarian aid.

Negotiations are set to resume in Cairo today, with the arrival of the Hamas delegation. However, another source briefed on the talks said that Israel would not send a representative until it got a full list of the hostages who are still alive.

A ceasefire could start “today if Hamas agrees to release the defined category of vulnerable hostages... the sick, the wounded, elderly and women,” a US official said on Saturday.

”Right now, the ball is in the camp of Hamas.”

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