A political source said that "there is progress on the issue of the hostages." According to him: "The starting point so far has been that Hamas did not want a deal, and today it seems as if this has changed. Until two weeks ago, I thought that Hamas did not want a deal, and today I tend to think that it has changed its mind. The situation has changed. The conditions will change. Hamas wanted many fronts and that is over. There are no fronts and there is a chance that a deal will be reached in the coming month."