America has claimed that after the presence of Israeli troops on the Egyptian border emerged as a barrier Gaza i Cease fire There has been progress in the latest round of negotiations.
According to the French news agency AFP, the White House said that CIA chief William Burns was among the US officials participating in the talks in Cairo, along with the heads of Israel’s spy agency and security services. were present
US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby has said that ‘there has been progress. We now need both parties to come together and work towards implementation.’
He said the initial talks, which began on Thursday, were “constructive in nature.”
He added that reports that diplomacy was ‘close to failure’ were false.
Egyptian and Qatari intelligence chiefs are also taking part, Egyptian sources with knowledge of the talks told AFP.
“Talks are taking place in Cairo… to prepare for a wider round of talks that will begin on Sunday,” the source said.
“Washington is discussing new proposals with mediators to bridge the gap between Israel and Hamas and how to implement the plan.”
According to the White House, US President Joe Biden discussed the telephone conversation he had with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani on Friday.
Egyptian sources said Sunday’s talks “will be an important step in the formation of an agreement that will be announced if Washington (Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin) can put pressure on Netanyahu.”
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Hamas representatives were not participating in the Cairo talks.
Hossam Badran, a Hamas official, told AFP on Friday that Netanyahu’s insistence that his forces stay in a strip along the Gaza-Egypt border, known as the Philadelphia Corridor, ‘will prevent any final agreement’ being reached. reflects their refusal’.
Egypt, Qatar and the United States have been trying for months to reach an agreement to stop Israeli attacks on Gaza.
The United Nations says tens of thousands of civilians are relocating from Deir al-Balah and Khan Yunis following Israeli evacuation orders ahead of military operations.
“Citizens are exhausted and scared, fleeing from one devastated place to another, with no end in sight,” Mehnad Hadi, the UN humanitarian coordinator for the Palestinian territories, said on Thursday.
According to the health ministry of the Hamas-controlled territory, 40,265 Palestinians have died in Gaza in Israel’s retaliatory military campaign.
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