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Two Egyptian security sources said that U.S. and Israeli
delegations started on Thursday a new round of meetings in
Cairothat lasted for two days aimed at resolving differences
over a truce proposal.
Hamas affirmed its "commitment to what it had approved on July 2
which was based on the U.S. President Joe Biden's proposal and
readiness to implement it," senior Hamas official Izzat al-Rishq
said on Saturday.
In July, Hamas accepted a U.S. proposal to begin talks on
releasing Israeli hostages, including soldiers and men, 16 days
after the first phase of an agreement aimed at ending the Gaza
war, a senior Hamas source has told Reuters.
Another senior official for the group, Mahmoud Mardawi, told
Hamas-linked media that the delegation going to Cairo "does not
mean Hamas will participate in the next round of talks."
Egypt along with the United States and Qatar has been a mediator
in months of stop-start negotiations to secure a ceasefire in
Gaza, as well as the release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian
prisoners.
The war began on Oct. 7 when Hamas gunmen led an incursion into
Israel, killing around 1,200 people and abducting about 250
hostages, according to Israeli tallies.
More than 40,000 people have been killed in Gaza by Israel's
response, according to Palestinian health authorities.
(Reporting by Muhammad Al Gebaly and Enas Alashray; Editing by
Jan Harvey and Ana Nicolaci da Costa)
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