Overview

• Indirect negotiations between Hamas and Israel are underway in Egypt with mediation from Qatar, Egypt and Turkey.
• Izat ar-Rishk named Qatar’s prime minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani alongside intelligence chiefs Ibrahim Kalin of Turkey and Hasan Mahmud Rashad of Egypt as new participants.
• Hamas argues the higher-level mediation could boost prospects for a truce and prisoner swaps and reduce Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s room to derail the talks.
• The discussions are being reported as linked to a peace proposal advanced by U.S. President Donald Trump to end the two-year war in Gaza.
• No deal has been announced, with talks continuing in Sharm el‑Sheikh.