Hostage deal negotiators waiting for Hamas response to latest proposal, US says

Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief

Hostage deal negotiators are currently waiting for Hamas to respond to the latest proposal brokered over the weekend in Cairo, White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby says.

Kirby confirms that CIA chief William Burns was in Cairo leading the US negotiating team in the talks, which are also being brokered by Qatar and Egypt.

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