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Tuesday, October 7, 2025
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Tuesday, October 7, 2025
PM’s office says negotiations in Egypt progressing, expresses ‘very cautious’ optimism
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleLazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter
Demonstrators gather with banners during a protest for a hostage-release and ceasefire deal outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's residence in Jerusalem on October 4, 2025. (Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP)
There is progress in negotiations in Sharm El-Sheikh, the Prime Minister’s Office tells The Times of Israel, adding that there is “optimism, but very cautious.”
“Hamas can add obstacles at any moment and leave,” the PMO official warns.
Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer will take off for talks tomorrow, says the official, as US special envoy Steve Witkoff and US President Donald Trump’s influential son-in-law Jared Kushner head to Sharm El-Sheikh.
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