An Israeli prisoner exchange with Hamas has not yet been agreed and may not happen, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday, after a senior cabinet colleague predicted a breakthrough within weeks.

An Israeli prisoner exchange with Hamas has not yet been agreed and might not happen, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday, after a senior cabinet colleague predicted a breakthrough within weeks.

An Israeli prisoner exchange with Hamas has not yet been agreed and may not happen, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday, after a senior Cabinet colleague predicted a breakthrough within weeks."There is still no deal, and I do not know if there will be one," Netanyahu, whose reticence on the state of the Egyptian.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An Israeli prisoner exchange with Hamas has not yet been agreed and might not happen, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday after a cabinet colleague predicted a breakthrough in the near future.

JERUSALEM - An Israeli prisoner exchange with Hamas has not yet been agreed and might not happen, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said yesterday, after a senior cabinet colleague predicted a breakthrough within weeks.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tried on Tuesday to temper expectations that a deal to free an Israeli soldier held by Hamas militants was imminent.

Israeli Prime Minister Bejamin Netanyahu on Tuesday tried to downplay suggestions that Israel is about to make a prisoner-swap deal for a long-held soldier.

An Israeli prisoner exchange with Hamas has not yet been agreed and might not happen, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is considering seeking either cabinet or governmental approval for a 10-month freeze in West Bank settlement construction, local daily Ha'aretz reported Tuesday on its website. Citing a senior Israeli official in Jerusalem, the report said the move, in a bid to relaunch stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, would include a commitment to a series of ...

Gaza/Jerusalem/Cairo/Damascus - Israel and the Palestinian Islamist party Hamas were cautious Tuesday over efforts by a German mediator to conclude indirect negotiations on a prisoner swap. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Tuesday tha...