Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas said on Wednesday there was no deal for now between Israel and the Islamist group Hamas on freeing an Israeli soldier held in Gaza.
Abbas was speaking after talks with president Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, which has been seeking to mediate to secure the release of Gilad Shalit in exchange for Israel's freeing of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.
"The two sides have stopped at the details concerning the numbers and nature of people to be released...However, I can tell you that for now there is no deal," Abbas told reporters.
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