Makeshift tents at Al-Mawasi district in Khan Younis, Gaza, where Palestinians who lost their homes to Israeli attacks live. Photograph: Mahmoud Bassam/Anadolu via Getty Images
Hamas said on Wednesday it had exchanged a list of the names of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners to be released under a swap deal and that it was optimistic about talks in Egypt on US president Donald Trump’s plan to end the war in Gaza.
Negotiations are focused on the mechanisms to halt the conflict, withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza and the swap deal, the Palestinian militant group added.
The timing of the implementation of the first phase of Mr Trump’s 20-point initiative has not been agreed so far during talks in the Egyptian r
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