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Witkoff said planning to meet soon with Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleUS special envoy Steve Witkoff is reportedly planning to meet with senior Hamas official Khalil al-Hayya in the near future to discuss the ongoing Gaza ceasefire.
It would be Witkoff’s second meeting with Hayya after the US envoy met with senior members of Hamas’s ceasefire negotiating team, along with fellow Trump adviser Jared Kushner, hours before an agreement was inked in Egypt on October 9.
A date has not yet been finalized by the meeting, The New York Times reports.
The plan highlights Washington’s desire to maintain a direct line of communication with the terror group after it had long used intermediaries, such as Egypt, Qatar and Turkey.
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