Tents sheltering people displaced by war pitched near the heavily-damaged Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani mosque in the southern Gaza Strip. Photograph: Bashar Taleb/AFP
Talks commenced in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on Monday aimed at clinching a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release agreement to bring the two-year war to an end.
However, the fact that Israel’s chief negotiator, minister Ron Dermer, and the two senior US mediators, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, are not joining the discussions at this juncture, indicates that we are some days away from sealing the deal, despite the cautious optimism emanating from Israeli officials.
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