Group tells Reuters that there has been progress over core issues with US hopeful for agreement this weekA Hamas official has spoken to CNN about the remaining sticking points that have prevented a ceasefire deal being secured by negotiators.They include Hamas’ demands that Israel withdraw from the Philadelphi corridor, the Israeli military’s code name for the 9-mile-long (14km) strip of land along the Gaza-Egypt border, and commit to a permanent ceasefire rather than a temporary halt to the war, which Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to wage until “total victory”. Continue reading…
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Publish date : 2025-01-13 15:35:00
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Israel-Gaza war live: progress made in talks for a ceasefire, says Hamas, as White House presses for deal
