Israel's defense minister said today that “the time is right” to reach a truce with Hamas in Gaza in exchange for the release of hostages taken in the October 7 attack. “There will be difficult decisions, we must be prepared to pay the price to bring back the hostages before we return to battle. We are at the right time” to do so, Yoav Galland told the recruits. New indirect negotiations are underway between Israel and Hamas, whose officials met on Sunday in Cairo with mediators from Egypt, the United States and Qatar. Pro-government Egyptian media outlet Al-Qahera News, citing a senior Egyptian source, said there had been “significant progress”, but sources on both warring sides said they were clearly more cautious today. According to Yoav Gallad, Israel is in a “position of strength” to negotiate after six months of hammering the Gaza Strip and destroying much of its arsenal […]
Source: News Beast

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