Negotiations to finalize a deal based on President Donald Trump’s Gaza ceasefire plan are underway in Egypt. Hamas and Israeli negotiators spent four hours yesterday trying to identify the main obstacles, according to Qatar’s foreign ministry. US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are expected to depart for Egypt today and arrive on Wednesday, two sources familiar with the talks told CNN.
Hundreds of people have been gathering in southern Israel to mark two years since Hamas’ attack on Israel on October 7, when 1,200 people were killed and more than 250 others were taken hostage. Israel’s ensuing war in Gaza has killed more than 67,000, most of them women and children, and pushed parts of the enclave into famine.
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