National security adviser Jake Sullivan’s remarks come after Israeli foreign minister reported progress in talks
Demonstrators call for action to secure the release of Israelis held hostage in Gaza since October 2023 in Tel Aviv on Saturday.Demonstrators call for action to secure the release of Israelis held hostage in Gaza since October 2023 in Tel Aviv on Saturday.and Hamas may still be concluded before Donald Trump’s inauguration next week as the Israeli government has also confirmed progress in the last-ditch talks.
Officials on both sides stopped short of confirming that a final draft had been reached in Qatar – which would still need to be agreed by both sides to bring an end to the war – but described progress after reports of a midnight “breakthrough” in talks attended by Steve Witkoff, Trump’s envoy to the region.
His inauguration is widely seen as a de facto deadline after Trump said there would be “hell to pay” unless hostages held by Hamas were freed by that date. The Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported that an Israeli official denied a final draft had been sent, although other sources confirmed that “a significant development occurred in the negotiations overnight into Monday”, adding that they believed the agreements could be finalised soon.
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