US Reports Progress in Gaza Ceasefire Talks

A White House spokesman said Friday (8/23) that negotiations taking place in Cairo, Egypt, on a ceasefire in Gaza were making progress. The advance was reported as intense fighting continued between the Israel Defense Forces and Hamas militants in the besieged enclave. In an unreleased statement Friday, a spokesman for the U.S. National Security Council (National Security Council/NSC) John Kirby told reporters the talks were “constructive” and said all parties, including Hamas, needed to work together to implement the proposed agreement. Kirby said negotiations continued Friday, with the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (Central Intelligence Agency/CIA) Bill Burns and the American envoy to the Middle East, Brett McGurk, who represented the United States (US). Earlier Friday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said his country's delegation was in Cairo to continue efforts to salvage the ceasefire deal. The talks involve negotiators from Israel, the U.S., Egypt and Qatar, but are not attended by Hamas representatives. Earlier this week, Hamas indicated that it would not take part in this week's talks because the “bridge agreement” reached last week by mediators contained additional demands from Israel that the militant group could not accept. White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby …

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