CAIRO >> Hamas negotiators arrived in Cairo today for intensified talks on a possible Gaza truce that would see the return to Israel of some hostages, a Hamas official told Reuters, with the CIA director already present for the indirect diplomacy.
Hamas says it would come to Cairo in a 'positive spirit' after studying the latest proposal, little of which has been made public
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The Qatar-based political chief of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, has accused the Israeli prime minister of sabotaging the talks.
Israel vows a military operation in the "very near future."
Teams from the Palestinian militant group Hamas and mediator Qatar arrived in the Egyptian capital on Saturday for further talks on a ceasefire and hostage release deal with Israel, sources at the Cairo airport said. Both teams arrived aboard a flight from Qatar, they added. Egypt's state-affiliated television al-Qahera News also reported the arrival of a Hamas delegation in Cairo and cited "significant progress" in negotiations to reach the deal.
Egyptian and US mediators report signs of compromise, but many analysts remain pessimisticSee all our Israel-Gaza war coverageHopes of a ceasefire in Gaza rose on Saturday as a Hamas delegation arrived in Cairo to continue indirect talks, with what is believed to be a response to a new proposal, reportedly agreed by Israel, to halt fighting for an initial 40 days and exchange hostages for Palestinian prisoners.Egyptian and US mediators have reported signs of compromise in recent days and...
"There will be no negotiations, no peace, and no ceasefire except after defeating this rebellion so this country can live in peace," Al-Burhan said.
"There will be no negotiations, no peace, and no ceasefire except after defeating this rebellion so this country can live in peace," Al-Burhan said.
Ismail Haniyeh (pictured), head of Hamas’s political bureau, warned that ceasefire talks are "in jeopardy" due to Israel's insistence on going through with its full-scale invasion of Gaza's southern c
Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns is heading to Doha, Qatar, in a last-ditch effort to save talks on a potential hostage deal between Israel and Hamas after the terror group balked at Israel continuing the war against it.
A Hamas delegation is in Cairo and Egyptian state media say there has been “noticeable progress” in cease-fire talks for Gaza