Efforts to advance President Donald Trumpโ€™s plan to end the Gaza war have stalled after the United States and Israel launched joint strikes on Iran last week, triggering a broader regional conflict and halting negotiations, sources familiar with the talks said.

The pause threatens to โ stall implementation of Trump's flagship Middle East peace initiative, which he has cast โ as a major foreign policy objective. It comes less than a month after he secured billions of dollars in pledges for Gaza from Gulf Arab states - countries that are now facing Iranian attacks as the conflict widens.

Trump's Gaza plan has hinged in part on whether Hamas would lay down its โ€‹arms in exchange for amnesty, a step intended to pave the w

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