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Israel and Hamas Start Egypt Talks on U.S. Plan as Sessions Resume Tuesday

The U.S.-drafted proposal hinges on Hamas disarmament, a condition that remains the central obstacle.

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Photos of the Siman Tov family are plastered on their burnt house where all five of them were killed during the Hamas attack on Oct. 7, 2023, in Kibbutz Nir Oz, Israel, a day before Israel marks the two-year anniversary of the attack, Monday, Oct. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Ruins of apartments destroyed by Israeli strikes litter the area next to Khaled Nassar's home in the Jabaliya refugee camp in Gaza City Feb. 9, 2025. Nassar's daughter, Dalia, and his son, Mahmoud, were killed in separate airstrikes, leaving both buried under their homes. (AP Photo/Abdel Hana)

Overview

  • Delegations held hours-long indirect negotiations in Sharm el-Sheikh on Monday and are set to reconvene on Tuesday, with Egyptian and Qatari mediators shuttling between the parties.
  • U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are expected to join after mediator briefings, with President Donald Trump urging rapid progress even as officials caution that work remains.
  • Mediators say the sides have broadly aligned on first-phase steps that pair a temporary ceasefire and partial Israeli withdrawal with a mechanism to release the remaining hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners.
  • Hamas has accepted parts of the framework but denies agreeing to disarm or relinquish authority in Gaza, a demand embedded in the plan and insisted upon by Israel.
  • Israeli strikes continued during the talks, with Gaza’s Health Ministry reporting at least 19 deaths in the past day and a total of about 67,160 since 2023, as Israel’s military warned it would return to large-scale operations if diplomacy fails.