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Hamas 'ready' for talks on phase two of Gaza ceasefire

Feb 04, 2025

Tel Aviv [Israel], February 4: Two Hamas officials speaking on condition of anonymity were being quoted by AFP expressing the group's readiness to start discussions on the second phase of the ceasefire in Gaza.
"Hamas has informed the mediators, during ongoing communications and meetings held with Egyptian mediators last week in Cairo, that we are ready to start the negotiations for the second phase," said one official.
"We are waiting for the mediators to initiate the next round of negotiation," said the other. Mediators Qatar, Egypt and the United States were to open those talks on Monday. (Agencies)
Source: Qatar Tribune

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