Dubai - A senior Israeli negotiator told the Egyptian government on Friday that Israel rejects a one-year truce with Hamas and wants the truce to be open-ended, al-Arabia satellite channel reported.

Amos Gilad in a short visit to Egypt said that Israel would agree to open its borders with Gaza if Hamas releases the captured Israeli soldier, Gilad Shailt.

Shalit was captured by Palestinian militants in 2006.

Meanwhile, Gilad's negotiations in Egypt included the issue of securing the borders between Gaza and Egypt. Israel in the past had accused Egypt of doing little to prevent the smuggling of weapons to Gaza through Egypt.

Egypt has over the past weeks been mediating a ceasefire plan between Hamas and Israel. Hamas had agreed earlier to have Palestinian and international supervisors on the Rafah border between Gaza and Egypt. dpa