CAIRO, Egypt
Two rounds of talks will be
held in Qatar and Egypt respectively to reach an agreement on a truce in the
Gaza Strip that is currently under massive Israeli siege and bombardment,
Egypt's Al-Qahera News reported on Sunday.A woman holds a sign during a protest rally against the war in Gaza and calling for a ceasefire, in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Feb. 24, 2024
"The Doha and Cairo
discussions will be held with the participation of specialists from Egypt,
Qatar, the United States and Israel, in addition to a delegation from the Hamas
movement, in continuation of what was discussed in the recent Paris meeting,"
Al-Qahera News quoted an unnamed Egyptian official as saying.
The talks in Doha and Cairo
seek to reach an agreement on a truce in Gaza along with exchanging Palestinian
prisoners and Israeli hostages, according to the report.
Israel has been waging a war
on Gaza after Gaza-ruling Hamas launched a deadly surprise attack on southern
Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, killing about 1,200 Israelis and taking more than 200
as hostages.
Since then, the ongoing
Israeli military assaults have killed 29,692 Palestinians and injured 69,879
others, according to the latest data released by Gaza's Health Ministry on
Sunday.
Egypt, Qatar and the United
States mediated a week-long truce between Israel and Hamas that ended in late
November 2023, which included a swap between Palestinian prisoners and Israeli
hostages and more humanitarian aid delivery to Gaza.
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