What's behind the Hamas offer to release US-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander? - analysis
Israel has been unable to get a deal with Hamas and has waited for the US to make the move.
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Israel has been unable to get a deal with Hamas and has waited for the US to make the move.
Talks continued throughout the weekend as a Hamas delegation led by Khalil al-Khayya visited Cairo for updates on the negotiations in Qatar.
A senior Egyptian official added: “The US administration has conveyed to Arab states that it is open to alternative plans regarding Gaza, beyond Trump’s initiative.”
There is now an awareness that Hamas is a movement informed by decades-old ideology whose roots reach all the way to Nazi propaganda.
Hamas has impressive control over every aspect of Gaza, from local media to hospitals and schools. It will galvanize all of this to help portray this as a victory for the group.
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