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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi (right) on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York on September 27, 2018. (Avi Ohayon / PMO/ File)
December 12, 2025, 2:37 am
Netanyahu planning Cairo trip to sign multibillion-dollar gas deal with Egypt
Senior US source confirms to ToI that Israeli officials are working with American diplomats on preparations for trip, which would be PM’s first official state visit to Egypt in 15 years
By Shalom Yerushalmi
Islamic Jihad gunmen search for the bodies of hostages north of Nuseirat, Gaza Strip November 21, 2025. (AP/Abdel Kareem Hana)
November 23, 2025, 2:15 pm
Daily Briefing Nov. 23: Day 779 – Hamas wants the ceasefire, but doesn’t want to disarm
Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman discusses terrorist officials’ visit to Cairo and his own visit to the US CMCC center in Kiryat Gat, and what Netanyahu said in his most recent interview
By Jessica Steinberg and Lazar Berman
Exterior of the Renaissance Cairo Mirage Hotel (Courtesy)
October 28, 2025, 7:22 pm
154 deported terrorists moved from 5-star Cairo hotel to new luxury resort after exposé
Palestinian convicts deported in Gaza truce deal relocated from Marriott’s Renaissance Cairo Mirage to lower-profile resort; terror victim support group laments ‘moral absurdity’
By ToI Staff
Exterior of the Renaissance Cairo Mirage Hotel (Courtesy)
October 25, 2025, 1:26 pm
Report finds 154 terrorists deported under Gaza truce living it up at 5-star Cairo hotel
Daily Mail says worst offenders released under deal enjoying the pool and buffet alongside unsuspecting tourists at Marriott’s Renaissance Cairo Mirage; unclear on whose dime
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a video statement on a potential agreement to secure the release of all hostages held in Gaza, October 4, 2025. (GPO screenshot)
October 5, 2025, 3:07 am
PM: Hopeful all hostages will be freed in days; Trump: I told Bibi, this is your victory
US president says Israel accepted Gaza withdrawal line, ceasefire will come into effect once Hamas ‘confirms’; Cairo hostage talks expected Monday
By Nava Freiberg, Lazar Berman, Nurit Yohanan, Emanuel Fabian, Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
Tourists visit the Egyptian museum in Cairo, Egypt, November 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
September 21, 2025, 6:24 pm
Egyptians outraged after pharaoh’s bracelet stolen from museum, melted for gold
3,000-year-old bangle belonging to Pharaoh Amenemope was taken from restoration lab of Egyptian Museum in Cairo, which had no security cameras, sold to gold worker for some $4,000
By Samy Magdy
Family members of hostage Bar Kuperstein and Israelis celebrate his 2nd birthday in Hamas captivity at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv, April 1, 2025. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
April 29, 2025, 3:01 pm
Israeli official: Reports of breakthrough in hostage-ceasefire talks ‘inaccurate’
Hamas official also denies progress in Cairo, after report said negotiators reached tentative agreement on release of hostages in May, opening of three aid corridors in Gaza
By Lazar Berman, Nurit Yohanan and ToI Staff
Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi (C-R) gestures to Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian (5th-R) and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (C-L) after a group picture during the D-8 summit in Cairo on December 19, 2024. (IRANIAN PRESIDENCY / AFP)
December 19, 2024, 2:36 pm
Egypt hosts Turkish, Iranian leaders as part of Muslim summit; Abbas also to attend
Special sessions on Gaza and Lebanon to be held; event will be first meeting between leaders of anti-Assad Turkey and pro-Assad Iran since overthrow of Syrian regime
By AFP and ToI Staff
Demonstrators call for the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip in Jerusalem, 23, 2024 (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
December 1, 2024, 4:33 am
Hamas says open to ‘all ideas and proposals’ ahead of hostage-truce talks in Cairo
As representatives arrive in Egypt for talks with negotiators, senior official says terror group hasn’t ‘received any new offer or proposal so far’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Protesters stand with portraits of Israeli hostages during a demonstration by the families of the hostages outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Jerusalem residence on October 24, 2024. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)
October 25, 2024, 2:43 pm
Mossad head, Egyptian spy chief said to meet in Cairo ahead of Doha hostage talks
Meeting described as productive, counterparts stress importance of security cooperation; documents allegedly written by Sinwar with instructions for hostage captors come to light
By ToI Staff and Gianluca Pacchiani
A rally calling for the release of Israelis held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza, in Tel Aviv, August 24, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
August 25, 2024, 1:53 pm
Israeli team returns to Cairo for Gaza hostage-ceasefire deal talks as north erupts
Israeli official says US pressuring Jerusalem to send message it doesn’t seek wider war, is still interested in talks seen as key to keeping fighting from spreading regionwide
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
This overview shows an Israeli flag flying from a pedestrian bridge above a road inscribed with the names of hostages captive in the Gaza Strip since the October 7 attacks inscribed in Hebrew, outside the Israeli Defense Ministry headquarters in Tel Aviv on August 24, 2024. (Jack GUEZ / AFP)
August 24, 2024, 1:55 pm
Hamas team in Cairo for hostage talks, as rallies nationwide urge deal
Terror group’s team being briefed by Egypt, but won’t negotiate, as ceasefire-for-hostages talks continue; disputes reported on Gaza-Egypt border control, hostage-release timetable
By ToI Staff
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks to the media as after meeting with families of Hamas hostages, during his visit to Tel Aviv, Israel, June 11, 2024. (Jack Guez/ Pool Photo via AP)
August 18, 2024, 11:35 am
Blinken heads to Israel for 9th time since Oct. 7, hoping to close hostage-truce deal
Biden says Gaza deal closer than ever after two days of Doha talks not attended by Hamas; terror group politburo claims signs of progress ‘an illusion,’ decries ‘American diktats’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Ronen Bar (left), head of the Shin Bet security services, speaks with Mossad chief David Barnea during the annual Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum, Jerusalem, May 5, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 3, 2024, 5:27 pm
Israeli team visits Cairo for hostage-truce talks with Egyptian mediators
High-level delegation meets with officials in Egypt after Netanyahu gives green light; Qatar reportedly sitting out this round over Haniyeh’s killing
By ToI Staff
People visit Hostages Square in Tel Aviv on April 7, 2024, six months after Hamas's October 7 massacre, which saw terrorists kill some 1,200 people and seize 253 hostages - 129 of whom are still held hostage in Gaza. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
April 7, 2024, 8:36 pm
‘Critical days’: Israeli team gets green light for next round of Gaza truce talks
Senior Egyptian official says temporary ceasefire likely over Eid al-Fitr holiday this week; Hamas official acknowledges flexibility on both sides, but says it might not be enough
By Agencies and ToI Staff
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