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Wednesday, July 24, 2024
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Wednesday, July 24, 2024
Lebanese media claims senior Israeli officials flying to Cairo this evening to discuss hostage deal
Relatives of Israelis held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza and their supporters block the Ayalon Highway and call for a deal to release their loved ones, in Tel Aviv, July 23, 2024. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
A high-level Israeli delegation is set to touch down in Cairo later this evening for talks with mediators on a hostage-truce deal with Hamas, the Hezbollah-affiliated Lebanese Al-Akhbar daily reports.
According to an informed Egyptian source, the focus of the talks will be the issue of an Israeli presence on the Philadelphi Route on the Egyptian-Israeli border, which has become a major sticking point in the negotiations.
The report says that mediators in Cairo and Doha believe that implementing the first phase of a deal is possible, but are concerned that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may sabotage it with last-minute “surprises.”
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