Delegations from the US, Israel, Hamas, and key regional players, including Qatar and Egypt, are meeting in Cairo this week to negotiate the implementation of US President Donald Trump’s proposed Gaza peace plan . The meeting follows Hamas’s conditional acceptance of parts of the plan and Israel’s agreement to send negotiators under American pressure.

Trump has described the discussions as “very successful" and has repeatedly urged both sides to “move fast" or risk “massive bloodshed" in Gaza. He posted on Truth Social that the “first phase should be completed this week" and added that he would “continue to monitor this centuries-old conflict."

The negotiations mark the most serious diplomatic push in nearly two years to end the conflict that began with Hamas’s October 2023 attack

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