A Hamas delegation will meet Egyptian mediators in Cairo on Saturday for talks on a Gaza ceasefire, a senior official from the Palestinian terror group told AFP. “The Hamas negotiating delegation, headed by Khalil al-Hayya, has left for Cairo,” senior Hamas official Taher al-Nunu said Friday. “It will meet with Egyptian officials tomorrow to discuss Hamas’s vision for ending the war,” he added, reaffirming that that Hamas’s weapons “are not up for negotiation."
The renewed bid follows Hamas’s rejection this month of Israel’s latest proposal to secure the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip. The terrorists said they would not accept a “partial” ceasefire deal and called for a “comprehensive” agreement to halt the war set off by their October 7, 2023, invasion of Israel. Talks since Israel resumed its air and ground assault against Hamas on March 18, after an earlier two-month ceasefire broke down, have not produced a breakthrough.
A Hamas official said on Tuesday that a delegation would meet Egyptian officials to discuss “new ideas” on a ceasefire. Qatar, the United States and Egypt brokered one truce which began on January 19 and enabled a surge in aid, alongside the releases of hostages held by terrorists in Gaza and Palestinian prisoners in Israeli custody. But it collapsed amid disagreements over the terms of the next stage Hamas had insisted that negotiations be held leading to a permanent end to the war, as outlined in the January framework announced by former US president Joe Biden that the Trump administration pushed Israel to accept. (Read More)
A Hamas official said on Tuesday that a delegation would meet Egyptian officials to discuss “new ideas” on a ceasefire. Qatar, the United States and Egypt brokered one truce which began on January 19 and enabled a surge in aid, alongside the releases of hostages held by terrorists in Gaza and Palestinian prisoners in Israeli custody. But it collapsed amid disagreements over the terms of the next stage Hamas had insisted that negotiations be held leading to a permanent end to the war, as outlined in the January framework announced by former US president Joe Biden that the Trump administration pushed Israel to accept. (Read More)
