Israeli officials appear more willing in calls with mediators to strike a fresh deal for a ceasefire and release of Palestinian prisoners in exchange for the release of hostages held in Gaza, two Egyptian security sources have said, Reuters reports.

The comments came as Axios reported the head of Israel’s Mossad spy agency, David Barnea, met Qatar’s Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani in Europe late on Friday in an effort to revive talks.

There was no immediate response from Israel to the Egyptian assessment or to the reports of a meeting 10 weeks after the start of the conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.

The Egyptian sources said Israeli officials appeared to have changed their mind on some points that they had previously refused, but did not go into further detail.

Axios said the meeting in Europe was the first between senior officials from Israel and Qatar.

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