No progress in Gaza cease-fire talks with Israel, says Hamas official

A senior official of the militant Islamist group Hamas, Osama Hamdan, said on Saturday there has been no progress in cease-fire talks with Israel over the Gaza war.

The Palestinian group is still ready to 'deal positively' with any cease-fire proposal that ends the war, Hamdan told a news conference in Beirut.

Arab mediators' efforts, backed by the United States, have so far failed to conclude a cease-fire.