Tehran, IRNA- Jordan's Foreign Minister Ayman Al Safadi on Sunday called the Israeli occupation the main problem of the region, adding that the Zionist regime is neither looking for the exchange of prisoners nor intending to end the war on the Gaza Strip.

"Some people think that Hamas is a problem, while the occupation is the only and main problem of the region," the Al-Mayadeen network quoted Safadi as saying. 

Remarks from the top Jordanian diplomat followed an Israeli newspaper report that the agreement between the Palestinian resistance movement, Hamas and Israel regarding the exchange of prisoners will be finalized before the arrival of the holy month of Ramadan.

Several foreign diplomats who were present in the negotiations for the exchange of prisoners asked to remain anonymous, Haaretz reported, adding that the exchange of prisoners and the cessation of hostilities will take 6 weeks.

These sources however told Haaretz that the Israeli regime prefers to buy time to reach an agreement before it can complete the military operation in Khan Yunis or perhaps extend it to Rafah, another southern city of Gaza.

This is while the same newspaper quoted Zionist sources as saying that the two sides are still far from the main issues of the negotiations.

Conflicting media reports came after the heads of US and Israeli spy agencies as well as Qatari and Egyptian representatives met in Cairo to resume discussions on a framework of proposal hammered out in the Paris meeting last month.

The Cairo talks, however, ended inconclusively without a breakthrough.

Hamas had previously disclosed details of the response to the proposals regarding the potential cease-fire in the Gaza Strip and the process of exchanging prisoners.

On Saturday, Ismail Haniyeh, the political bureau chief of Hamas accused the Israeli regime of lacking a will to agree to a ceasefire deal. He said that the movement would not settle for anything less than a full cessation of Israeli aggression, the withdrawal of forces from Gaza and the lifting of the blockade on the territory.

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