Ammon News - Israel faces mounting US pressure to reach a deal to end the war, according to the Times of Israel.

Arab mediators had been hoping that Israel would agree to send a delegation to Cairo during the meeting, an Arab diplomat told The Times of Israel.

On Monday, Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer was set to meet in Washington with American officials to get on the same page with the US before another round of indirect talks in Cairo, the diplomat and a US official familiar with the matter told The Times of Israel.

Dermer will face pressure from the Trump administration to end the war in Gaza, according to the sources.

Remaining sticking points between the sides include Hamas’s demand for a permanent end to the war — as opposed to Israel’s efforts to secure a temporary ceasefire that leaves open the option for it to resume fighting.

Hamas is also demanding, with the backing of the Arab mediators, a return to old mechanisms for distributing humanitarian aid, or the establishment of a new system to replace the current one managed by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.