A spokesperson for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday rejected reports the Israeli leader was traveling to Cairo for negotiations over a ceasefire and hostage release deal with Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

While the Biden administration said negotiations over recent days for a ceasefire have been “productive,” there’s little word from Israel’s side of forward movement on a truce that would lead to the release of hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

“Contrary to the wave of rumors, Prime Minister Netanyahu is not in Cairo,” the spokesperson said in a statement shared with The Hill by Israel’s Embassy in Washington.