US EditionTop Officials From US and Qatar Join Third Day of Gaza Peace Talks
Negotiations focus on ceasefire, hostage releases, and prisoner exchanges amid a war that has killed over 67,000 Gazans, with mediators reporting cautious optimism.
- This past week, Hamas and Israel voiced cautious optimism as mediators met in Sharm El-Sheikh to discuss U.S. President Donald Trump's 20-point peace proposal.
- The Hamas attack of Oct. 7, 2023 left the hostage crisis central, with militants seizing 251 people and 47 hostages remaining, including 25 the Israeli military says are dead.
- Hamas submitted a list of candidates for the 1,950 Palestinian prisoners Israel must free in exchange for 48 hostages, 20 of whom are believed alive, while negotiators discussed withdrawal maps and exchange timetables Tuesday.
- On Wednesday, Israel sent Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer while the U.S. dispatched envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner; Egyptian President Abdel‑Fattah El‑Sisi called the news `encouraging`.
- A U.N.-body declared a famine in Gaza, and Hamas declining to disarm complicates ceasefire talks amid mounting pressure from hostage families.
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Top officials from US and Qatar join third day of Gaza peace talks
Senior officials from the US and Qatar's prime minister joined the third day of indirect peace talks between Israel and Hamas, with figures from both sides of the conflict expressing cautious optimism with the negotiations' progress. Hamas handed over a list of Palestinians held in Israeli prisons that the militant group wants released in exchange for freeing the remaining hostages in Gaza.
Hamas representatives are optimistic about the ongoing peace negotiations on Gaza in Egypt. Popular Palestinian politician Marwan Barghuthi could also be released from decades of imprisonment.
On Wednesday, Hamas referred to "a spirit of optimism" in the indirect negotiations with Israel to reach an agreement to end the war in Gaza.
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