Egypt and Qatar are telling Israel that the new Hamas leader wants a deal to end the war

Mediators from Egypt and Qatar have told Israeli officials that Hamas leader Yahya Shinuwar wants a cease-fire agreement that would end the war in the Gaza Strip, an Israeli source with knowledge of the matter told CNN. However, “nobody knows what Bibi wants,” the source said, referring to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by his nickname. The same source said US officials told their Israeli counterparts that an agreement should be reached immediately to avoid a regional war. The government of Israel agreed to resume next Thursday, August 15, talks with the aim of declaring a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip and the release of hostages who remain hostages of Hamas, after the intervention of the mediating countries, the USA, Egypt and Qatar , which warned the warring parties that there was “no time to waste and no excuse” for further delays. The CNN report comes a day later […]
Source: News Beast

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