White House Confident Israel-Hamas Ceasefire Talks Will Happen

The United States and key mediators Egypt and Qatar are intensifying efforts to push Israel and Hamas toward a ceasefire deal to end 10 months of fighting sparked by a Hamas attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. Hamas, which the US considers a terror group, has signaled that it will not attend the latest round of talks scheduled to take place in the Qatari capital Doha on Thursday (15/8). “We expect to be told by the mediators that Israel has accepted what was offered, and any meeting should be based on talking about implementation mechanisms and setting deadlines rather than negotiating something new,” Hamas political official Osama Hamdan said. The White House is confident that the talks will take place. “There's always political posturing. We always look at this before negotiations, and it's nothing new,” White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre said at a press conference on Wednesday (8/14). However, President Joe Biden acknowledged that peace is elusive. “It is getting more difficult,” he told reporters on Tuesday (8/13) when asked whether a ceasefire and hostage release deal was becoming impossible. “We’ll see what Iran does, and we’ll see what happens if there’s an attack,” he added. “But I’m not …

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White House Confident Israel-Hamas Ceasefire Talks Will Happen

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