Israel said on Monday there was no deal yet on a prisoner swap with Hamas, as efforts appeared to gather pace on an accord that could see a Gaza-held soldier exchanged for hundreds of Palestinians.
"There is no deal yet," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told deputies from his right-wing Likud party, an official present at the meeting said.
"The question will be decided by the government and there will be a debate in the Knesset," he said, referring to Israel's parliament.
He spoke as rumours grew in Israel, Gaza and Egypt that the two sides were on the verge of sealing a deal in German-mediated talks to exchange Gilad Shalit, seized by Gaza militants in 2006, in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.
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