{"id":6309,"date":"2025-10-07T19:57:38","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T14:57:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/?p=6309"},"modified":"2025-10-07T19:57:38","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T14:57:38","slug":"hamas-israel-begin-ceasefire-negotiations-with-u-s-mediation-in-egypt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/2025\/10\/07\/hamas-israel-begin-ceasefire-negotiations-with-u-s-mediation-in-egypt","title":{"rendered":"Hamas, Israel begin ceasefire negotiations with U.S. mediation in Egypt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"134\" data-end=\"473\"><strong data-start=\"134\" data-end=\"165\">Sharm El-Sheikh : <\/strong>The first round of high-level talks aimed at ending the two-year-long war in Gaza concluded in the Egyptian resort city of Sharm El-Sheikh. Delegations from Hamas, Israel, the United States, and various mediating countries took part, with the next round of negotiations expected to take place later today.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"475\" data-end=\"763\">Sources say Hamas was represented by senior official <strong data-start=\"528\" data-end=\"547\">Khalil al-Hayya<\/strong>, while the U.S. delegation included <strong data-start=\"584\" data-end=\"619\">Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"624\" data-end=\"641\">Jared Kushner<\/strong>, senior advisor to President Donald Trump. <strong data-start=\"685\" data-end=\"704\">Qatar and Egypt<\/strong> played central roles as mediators throughout the dialogue.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"765\" data-end=\"1215\">During the talks, Hamas outlined a proposal for a ceasefire, calling for <strong data-start=\"838\" data-end=\"895\">a step-by-step withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza<\/strong> in return for the <strong data-start=\"914\" data-end=\"937\">release of hostages<\/strong>, with a defined timeline. The group also demanded the <strong data-start=\"992\" data-end=\"1042\">release of six prominent Palestinian prisoners<\/strong> and the <strong data-start=\"1051\" data-end=\"1090\">delivery of urgent humanitarian aid<\/strong> to Gaza. Hamas stressed that any hostage release must be followed by full compliance from Israel with the terms of the deal.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1217\" data-end=\"1570\">According to Israeli security officials, <strong data-start=\"1258\" data-end=\"1315\">Israel&#8217;s primary focus remains on retrieving hostages<\/strong>. Hamas has been given a <strong data-start=\"1340\" data-end=\"1359\">short timeframe<\/strong> to respond. While discussions on further troop withdrawal are possible, Israel is reportedly unwilling to pull back beyond a designated \u201cyellow line\u201d and instead intends to maintain a <strong data-start=\"1544\" data-end=\"1569\">strategic buffer zone<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1572\" data-end=\"1847\">White House Press Secretary <strong data-start=\"1600\" data-end=\"1619\">Caroline Levitt<\/strong> stated that President Trump is pushing for <strong data-start=\"1663\" data-end=\"1681\">swift progress<\/strong>, particularly on hostage release, so that broader negotiations can proceed. Talks are still underway concerning lists of both <strong data-start=\"1808\" data-end=\"1846\">hostages and Palestinian detainees<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1849\" data-end=\"2040\">President Trump has reportedly instructed U.S. negotiators to accelerate efforts to end the war, warning that <strong data-start=\"1959\" data-end=\"2039\">if Hamas refuses to give up control of Gaza, it could face total destruction<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2042\" data-end=\"2237\">Sources add that today\u2019s second round of negotiations is expected to dive deeper into the technical aspects of any potential agreement, though the overall outlook remains tense and unpredictable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sharm El-Sheikh : The first round of high-level talks aimed at ending the two-year-long war in Gaza concluded in the Egyptian resort city of Sharm El-Sheikh. Delegations from Hamas, Israel, the United States, and various mediating countries took part, with the next round of negotiations expected to take place later today. Sources say Hamas was &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":6310,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3571,160,3106,3570,3568,3569,2294],"class_list":["post-6309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","tag-caroline-levitt","tag-headline","tag-khalil-al-hayya","tag-qatar-and-egypt","tag-sharm-el-sheikh","tag-swift-progress","tag-youdigital"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6309"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6311,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6309\/revisions\/6311"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}