Hamas says cease-fire talks to resume next week, making a truce before Ramadan unlikely
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Hamas says its delegation has left Cairo and that talks on a Gaza cease-fire and hostage release will resume next week. That makes it extremely unlikely that mediators will broker a deal before the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
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Senior Biden administration officials say a six-week cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war could start Saturday but hinges on the terrorists agreeing to free vulnerable hostages.
Egyptian officials say three days of negotiations with Hamas over a cease-fire in Gaza and the release of Israeli hostages have ended without a breakthrough. The United States, Qatar and Egypt have spent weeks trying to broker an agreement in which Hamas would release up to 40 hostages in return for…
Negotiations between Hamas and Egypt, for a cease-fire in Gaza and the release of Israeli hostages ended on Tuesday without breakthrough, officials say.
CAIRO -- Three days of negotiations with Hamas over a cease-fire in Gaza and the release of Israeli hostages failed to achieve a breakthrough Tuesday, Egyptian officials said, less than a week before the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, the informal deadline for a deal.
Hamas says its delegation has left Cairo and that talks on a Gaza cease-fire and hostage release will resume next week. That makes it extremely unlikely that mediators will broker a deal before the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
CAIRO (AP) — Hamas said Thursday that its delegation has left Cairo and that talks on a Gaza cease-fire and hostage release will resume next week, making
CAIRO (AP) — Hamas said Thursday that its delegation has left Cairo and that talks on a Gaza cease-fire and hostage release will resume next week, making it extremely unlikely that mediators will broker a deal before the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
Egyptian officials said Thursday that negotiations over a cease-fire in Gaza are at an impasse as Hamas insists on a process to end to the war. After nearly five months of war, much of Gaza is in ruins, and international pressure is growing for Israel and Hamas to reach a deal that would halt the…
The growing need to get more food, medicine, and supplies into Gaza has increased pressure on Hamas and Israel to stop hostilities in the besieged enclave before the month of fasting begins on Sunday or Monday.