Gaza ceasefire talks intensify in Cairo

Efforts person intensified to unafraid a woody for a ceasefire successful Gaza and the merchandise of hostages, with talks resuming successful Cairo connected Saturday.

Hamas said its delegation was travelling successful a "positive spirit" aft studying the latest truce proposal.

"We are determined to unafraid an statement successful a mode that fulfils Palestinians' demands," it said.

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said "taking the ceasefire should beryllium a no-brainer" for the militant group.

Hamas's negotiators person returned to the Egyptian superior to resume long-running talks - brokered by Egypt and Qatar - that would temporarily intermission Israel's violative successful Gaza successful instrumentality for freeing hostages.

In a connection released past night, Hamas said it wanted to "mature" the statement connected the table, which suggests determination are areas wherever the 2 sides inactive disagree.

The main contented appears to impact whether the ceasefire woody would beryllium imperishable oregon temporary.

Hamas is insisting immoderate woody makes a circumstantial committedness towards an extremity to the war, but Israel is reluctant to hold portion the radical remains progressive successful Gaza. It's thought the wording being discussed involves a 40-day intermission successful warring portion hostages are released, and the merchandise of a fig of Palestinian prisoners being held successful Israeli jails.

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly insisted determination volition beryllium a caller subject crushed cognition successful the confederate Gazan metropolis of Rafah, adjacent if a woody is agreed. Israeli media reported connected Saturday that his presumption remained unchanged contempt the latest circular of talks.

But the US - Israel's biggest diplomatic and subject state - is reluctant to backmost a caller violative that could origin important civilian casualties, and has insisted connected seeing a program to support displaced Palestinians first. An estimated 1.4 cardinal radical person taken structure successful Rafah aft fleeing the warring successful the bluish and cardinal areas of the strip.

The Director of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Williams Burns, has travelled to Cairo to assistance broker the latest talks, according to 2 US officials who spoke to the BBC's US quality partner, CBS News.

The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has besides been a cardinal fig successful the negotiations, and visited Israel again this week to conscionable Mr Netanyahu. Speaking connected Friday successful Arizona, Mr Blinken said "the lone happening lasting betwixt the radical of Gaza and a ceasefire was Hamas".

So far, ceasefire talks person continued for months without a breakthrough. There hasn't been a intermission successful warring oregon a merchandise of hostages since the extremity of November. There person been moments successful that clip wherever a caller statement has seemed imminent, but a woody has fallen isolated earlier it could beryllium signed.

Even successful this latest circular of discussions, caution is needed. A root acquainted with the talks told the BBC that the negotiations remained complex, and immoderate breakthrough could inactive instrumentality respective days.

A root told the Washington Post that the US had urged Qatar to expel Hamas's governmental leadership, if the radical continued to cull a ceasefire.

The warfare began aft Hamas and different Palestinian militant groups attacked villages and subject bases successful confederate Israel, sidesplitting astatine slightest 1,200 radical and taking much than 250 hostages.

During the consequent Israeli subject run successful Gaza, 34,654 Palestinians person been killed and 77,908 wounded, according to figures from the Hamas-run wellness ministry.