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Cairo expresses flexibility in truce terms, Israel seeks Kerry pressure
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleCairo might be flexible in its Gaza truce initiative, Egyptian officials tell Reuters. An Israeli official in Washington tells the news agency that he wanted US Secretary of State John Kerry to get to Egypt and apply pressure on Hamas.
Kerry landed in Egypt in the past hour.
“The secretary has to try to strengthen the Egyptian proposal,” the Israeli official is quoted as saying. “I think Egypt has a considerable amount of leverage with Hamas, because they are the ones that have the choke hold” on the Gaza economy.
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