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EGYPTIAN DELEGATION IN ISRAEL FOR TALKS ON GAZA HOSTAGES

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April 26, 20248:18 PM GMT+2Updated 2 days ago
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A person attends a protest as people call for the immediate release of Israeli
hostages held in Gaza since the deadly October 7 attack on Israel by the
Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel April 25, 2024.
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JERUSALEM/CAIRO, April 26 (Reuters) - An Egyptian delegation met Israeli
counterparts on Friday, looking for a way to restart talks to end the war in
Gaza and return the remaining Israeli hostages, an official briefed on the
meetings said.
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Israel had no new
proposals to make, although it was willing to consider a limited truce in which
33 hostages would be released by the Islamist movement Hamas, instead of the 40
previously under discussion.
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"There are no current hostage talks between Israel and Hamas, nor is there a new
Israeli offer in that regard," the official said. "What there is, is an attempt
by Egypt to restart the talks with an Egyptian proposal that would entail the
release of 33 hostages - women, elderly and infirm."
According to Israeli media reports, Israeli intelligence officials believe there
are 33 female, elderly and sick hostages left alive in Gaza, out of a total of
133 still being held by Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups.
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There was no decision on how long any truce would last but if such an exchange
were agreed, the pause in fighting would be "definitely less than six weeks",
the official said.
White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Friday he saw fresh
momentum in talks to end the war in Gaza and return the remaining Israeli
hostages.
"I believe that there is a renewed effort under way involving Qatar and Egypt as
well as Israel to try to find a way forward," Sullivan told MSNBC in an
interview. "Do I think that there is new momentum, new life in these hostage
talks? I believe there is."

Citing two Israeli officials, Axios reported that Israeli officials told their
Egyptian counterparts on Friday that Israel is ready to give hostage
negotiations "one last chance" to reach a deal with Hamas before moving forward
with an invasion of Rafah, the last refuge for around a million Palestinians who
fled Israeli forces further north in Gaza earlier in the war.
The visit by the Egyptian delegation came a day after the United States and 17
other countries appealed to Hamas to release all of its hostages as a pathway to
end the crisis in Gaza. Hamas vowed not to relent to international pressure.
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Hamas said it was "open to any ideas or proposals that take into account the
needs and rights of our people". However it stuck to central demands Israel has
rejected, and said it criticised the statement for not calling for a permanent
ceasefire and the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza.
Israel's far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich criticised the Egyptian
proposal on X, calling it "a dangerous Israeli capitulation and a terrible
victory for Hamas".

He accused government members to his left of pushing for "disastrous political
arrangements that will result in the establishment of a terrorist Palestinian
state in Judea, Samaria and Gaza that will endanger Israel's existence," using
the biblical Hebrew names for the occupied West Bank.
The visit by the Egyptian delegation followed Israeli media reports of a visit
to Cairo on Thursday by the Israeli army chief, Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi,
and Ronen Bar, the head of Shin Bet, Israel's domestic intelligence service.
Egypt, concerned about a potential influx of Palestinian refugees from
neighbouring Gaza if the war continues with the long-promised Israeli offensive
into the southern city of Rafah, has taken an increasingly active role in the
negotiations.
"The Egyptians are really picking up the mantle on this. Egypt wants to see
progress, not least because it's worried about a prospective Rafah operation,"
the official said.
Israel was increasingly looking past Qatar as a main broker, according to the
official, after it failed to respond to Israeli demands to expel Hamas leaders
from its territory or curb their finances.
"Qatar is still involved but in a lesser capacity," the official said. "It's
clear to everyone they failed to deliver, even when it came to expelling Hamas
or even shutting down their bank accounts."
However Hamas officials said they still considered Qatar a key mediator,
alongside Egypt.

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