White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said in a TV interview that negotiators for the U.S. Egypt, Qatar and Israel ‘came to an understanding’ on the basic contours of a hostage deal during talks in Paris
Israeli tanks manoeuvre near the Israel-Gaza border, amid the continuing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, as seen from Israel, Feb. 24, 2024.Israeli troops and Palestinian gunmen clashed throughout the Gaza Strip over the weekend, as mediators picked up the pace of talks over a possible ceasefire to free hostages held by Hamas and bring a measure of Ramadan respite to the battered enclave.
At least 86 Palestinians were killed in Israeli strikes since Saturday, medics said on Sunday. Israel’s military said two soldiers died in fighting in south Gaza and that its forces killed or captured Palestinian gunmen in Zeitoun and elsewhere. “They’re in another planet. But if they come down to a reasonable situation, then yes we’ll have a hostage deal. I hope so,” he said.
Israeli media, citing unnamed officials, reported there was a framework for the return of around a third of the 130 remaining hostages over a six-week truce covering the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. There was no formal confirmation from either side.
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