(TNS) Teams from the U.S., Qatar, Israel and other nations are headed to Egypt as part of a final push for a deal with Hamas aimed at ending the two-year war that’s devastated Gaza and destabilized much of the Middle East.
An Israeli delegation led by Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer — one of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s closest advisers — was set to travel to Sharm El-Sheikh, according to a person familiar with the matter, as was a U.S. team that was expected to include U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, another two people said.
They will join Qatar Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, who will head to the resort city on Wednesday, according to the country’s foreign ministry. Turkey’s Anadolu news agency reported that I