CAIRO — A Hamas official said on Monday (April 8) no progress was made at a new round of Gaza ceasefire talks in Cairo also attended by delegations from Israel, Qatar, and the United States, shortly after Egyptian sources said headway had been made on the agenda.
CAIRO — A Hamas official said on Monday no progress was made at a new round of Gaza ceasefire talks in Cairo also attended by delegations from Israel , Qatar, and the United States, shortly after Egyptian sources said headway had been made on the agenda. Israel i tank maneuvers near Israel 's border with Gaza , amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas , in southern Israel on April 7, 2024.
Israel and Hamas sent teams to Egypt on Sunday after the arrival on Saturday of CIA Director William Burns, whose presence underlined rising US pressure for a deal that would free hostages held in Gaza and get aid to stricken civilians. Six months into its offensive against Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas that has devastated Gaza and left most of its 2.3 million people homeless and many facing famine, Israel also voiced cautious optimism about the latest mediated negotiations.
Hamas seized 253 people during an Oct 7, cross-border killing spree in southern Israel that sparked the war. Of those, 129 hostages remain, and negotiators have spoken of around 40 going free in the first stage of a prospective deal with Hamas.The security sources said that both sides had made concessions that could help pave the way for a ceasefire deal in parallel meetings with mediators on Sunday.
These steps take precedence over Israel's prime demand for a release of hostages in exchange for Palestinians held in Israeli prisons, said the official, speaking on condition of anonymity. Hamas killed 1,200 people in its rampage into southern Israel on Oct 7, according to Israeli tallies. More than 33,100 Gaza Palestinians have been killed in the Israeli response, according to the health ministry in Gaza. More than 600 Israeli soldiers have been killed in Gaza combat, the army says.
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