Senior Israeli negotiator says Netanyahu knowingly creating crisis in ceasefire talks

Tensions have escalated sharply between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israeli team negotiating both the release of hostages in Gaza and a ceasefire with Hamas in recent days.

A senior negotiator informed Haaretz, "Netanyahu is deliberately pushing the negotiations into a crisis, believing he can secure better terms. He has implied this in recent discussions, which poses a significant and reckless risk to the hostages' lives."

Netanyahu has been adding incresingly new demands to the negotations which could effectively kill any ceasefire, warned the negotiators.