CAIRO, May 5 — Hamas leaders held a second day of truce talks with Egyptian and Qatari mediators today, with no apparent progress reported as the Islamist group maintained its...
A Palestinian Christian lights candles at an Orthodox Easter mass in the Greek Orthodox Saint Porphyrius Church, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Gaza City May 5, 2024. — Reuters picCAIRO, May 5 — Hamas leaders held a second day of truce talks with Egyptian and Qatari mediators today, with no apparent progress reported as the Islamist group maintained its demand that any agreement must end the war in Gaza, Palestinian officials said.
Israel wants a deal to free at least some of the around 130 hostages held by Hamas but an Israeli official signalled on Saturday that its core position was unchanged, saying Israel would “under no circumstances” agree a deal to end the war, which it has pursued with the aim of disarming and dismantling Hamas for good.
Qatar, where Hamas has a political office, and Egypt are trying to mediate a follow-up to a brief November ceasefire, amid international dismay over the soaring death toll in Gaza and the plight of its 2.3 million inhabitants.
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