US EditionIsrael, Hamas Move Toward Peace Deal
Talks focus on ceasefire, hostage release, and phased Israeli withdrawal as U.S. mediators push for swift agreement amid ongoing violence, with 67,000 Palestinian deaths reported.
- On Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sent a delegation to Egypt and Israel and Hamas began indirect talks in Cairo to negotiate a U.S. peace plan.
- The U.S. peace plan calls for a ceasefire, hostage exchanges and a roadmap toward a new Palestinian government; Israel would halt its offensive, withdraw from Gaza and allow humanitarian aid and reconstruction.
- In exchange for Palestinian hostages, Hamas would release 40 hostages , and Israel would free more than 1900 Palestinian prisoners, while Gaza's Health Ministry reports over 67,000 deaths.
- President Donald Trump set a tight deadline, giving Hamas until Sunday evening to accept his plan and warned delays would void the offer, while U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff leads the Cairo logistics team.
- Disagreements over disarmament and implementation persist, right-wing Israeli critics Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir voice objections, and ongoing airstrikes make the coming days decisive for the talks.
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Talks on new Gaza peace plan begin Monday
Israel, Hamas, and the US dispatched delegations to Egypt for negotiations over a Gaza peace plan, raising the specter of a potential end to the brutal two-year war.The talks, set to begin Monday, come days after Hamas agreed to parts of a 20-point US peace plan, including the release of Israeli hostages, and sought to discuss other points.US President Donald Trump ordered Israel to stop bombing Gaza as a result — while threatening “complete obl…
Israel and Hamas negotiators are expected in Cairo to finalize discussions on the Gaza peace plan proposed by Donald Trump.
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Israel, Hamas move toward peace deal
TEL AVIV, Israel — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he hopes to announce the release of all hostages from Gaza “in the coming days,” as Israel and Hamas prepare for indirect talks in Egypt on Monday on a new…
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