Indirect talks between Israel and Hamas in Egypt are trending positively toward an agreement within the next day or two, a Palestinian source familiar with the negotiations tells The Times of Israel.
The talks are focused on the release of the remaining 48 hostages in exchange for roughly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners along with a partial Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, the source says, adding that issues pertaining to Hamas’s disarmament and the post-war management of Gaza will be finalized in subsequent rounds of negotiations.
Separately, an unnamed Israeli source similarly tells the Saudi-owned Al Arabiya news outlet that negotiators are “cautiously approaching” an agreement on the first phase of the plan.
He says that US President Donald Trump is “exerting pressure” on all parties to produce results.
Sky News Arabia reports, meanwhile, that Washington’s increased involvement in the negotiations comes after it received “positive signals” from Qatar and Egypt about the developments on the ground.
It cites an anonymous source as saying that there are “clear indications that negotiations have reached their final stages.”
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