Report: Israeli delegation briefly visited Cairo Tuesday to hear Hamas response on truce, hostage deal proposal

1 May 2024, 7:35 am

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An Israeli delegation visited Cairo Tuesday for three hours to receive Hamas’s response to an outline of a truce and hostage deal, the London-based New Arab outlet reports.

Citing Egyptian sources familiar with the mediation efforts, the report says Hamas will give a final answer to the deal at the end of the week after Israel responds to the latest developments.

The latest offer for a hostage deal being negotiated in Cairo reportedly includes a 40-day pause in fighting and the release of almost 1,000 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for between 20 and 33 hostages. The numbers relate to hostages in a so-called humanitarian category — women, children, men over 50 and those who are sick.