An American official reveals the reason for postponing the meeting with Weitkov and denies the existence of pressure from the occupation.

The American site "Axios" reported on Wednesday that a senior American official denied that the postponement of the meeting between U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff and Hamas leader Khalil Hayya was due to pressure from the Israeli occupation, as some Hebrew reports had suggested.

The official explained the reason for the postponement by stating that "the reason for Witkoff's trip to Turkey was a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, and since this meeting was canceled, there was no point in traveling just to hold a meeting with Hamas leaders."

This denial comes at a time when the newspaper "Israel Hayom" reported the cancellation of the Witkoff-Hayya meeting that was scheduled in Istanbul, attributing the reason to pressure and criticism from the Israeli occupation.