Israel, Hamas Hold Deal Talks in Egypt Ahead of Oct.7 Anniversary

David Hale, former US ambassador to Jordan and Lebanon, discusses the Trump administration's plan for peace between Israel and Hamas as talks are held between negotiators in Egypt. Hale talks the potential for a release of hostages and what it would mean for Israel to pull out of Gaza.

 US President Donald Trump is pressing Israel and Hamas to secure a settlement to the two-year conflict that’s devastated Gaza and destabilized the Middle East, with the warring sides starting mediated negotiations.
A key sign of progress in the talks, taking place in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh, will be whether Hamas frees all the roughly 20 of its live hostages — plus the remains of those who are dead — in return for Israel releasing about 2,000 Palestinian prisoners.
Indirect discussions between negotiators about preparing the conditions for that exchange got underway on Monday, AlQahera News reported on its X account, citing unidentified individuals. Egyptian and Qatari mediators are working with both sides to establish an appropriate mechanism.  
There are plenty of contentious issues for the sides to negotiate, including the speed and extent of Israel’s military withdrawal from Gaza and Hamas’s future role in the territory. Still, Trump said on Sunday that initial talks over the hostages had already begun and he thinks they will be freed “very soon.”
“It’ll last a couple of days,” Trump told reporters. “We don’t need flexibility because everybody has pretty much agreed to it,” he said, referring to the 20-point plan announced last week to end the war. “But there’ll always be some changes.”
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