Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said it had accepted the invitation, although his critics accuse him of slowing talks to end the war in Gaza.
Leaders of the United States, Egypt and Qatar have jointly demanded that Israel and Hamas return to stalled talks over the war in Gaza next week, saying that “only the details” of carrying out a ceasefire and hostage release remain to be negotiated.
US President Joe Biden, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani – mediators in indirect negotiations to end 10 months of devastating war in Gaza – set the talks for August 15, to take place in either Cairo or Doha, Qatar.A senior US official, speaking to reporters on condition of anonymity to discuss the push by mediators, said only four or five areas of disagreement over implementation remained to be resolved between the two opponents.
Critics of Netanyahu accuse him of obstructing talks to end the war in Gaza, which began on October 7 when Hamas-led militants killed about 1200 people in Israel. Israel’s offensive in Gaza since then has killed about 40,000 people, according to the Hamas-run health ministry.There was no immediate response to the offer by Hamas. Last week’s killing of its top political leader, Ismail Haniyeh, in Tehran raised tensions across the region, an escalation widely seen as a blow to ceasefire talks.
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