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US envoy Witkoff plans to meet with chief Hamas negotiator: New York Times
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- Steve Witkoff, the US envoy for peace missions, plans to meet with Khalil al-Hayya, Hamas’s chief negotiator, as reported by the New York Times.
- The meeting indicates Washington's effort to keep communication with Hamas despite its designation as a foreign terrorist organization by the US.
- Witkoff aims to discuss the Gaza ceasefire agreement, which involves an exchange of Israeli hostages for terrorist prisoners, according to sources.
- Witkoff and al-Hayya had previously connected over their shared experiences as parents who lost children.
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Anadolu AjansıTrump special envoy plans to meet with Hamas official: Report
·London, United Kingdom
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The information was reported by the New York Times, citing sources familiar with the American envoy's plans.
Witkoff to reunite with Hamas leader after Cairo meeting to 'keep direct communicatio
NYT: U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff plans another meeting with senior Hamas official Khalil al-Hayya, signaling Trump administration's intent to 'keep a direct line of communication'; the two last met in Cairo, where Witkoff consoled him over his son's death
·Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
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Steve Witkoff, the US special envoy for peace missions, plans to meet soon with Khalil al-Hayya, Hamas's chief negotiator, according to two people familiar with his plans, The New York Times reports.
·Romania
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