US negotiators are making progress on a potential agreement under which Israel would pause military operations against Hamas in Gaza for two months in exchange for the release of more than 100 hostages who were captured in the October 7 attacks on Israel, according to two senior administration officials.
The head of the US Central Intelligence Agency as well as top Egyptian, Qatari and Israeli officials were holding talks in Paris on Sunday working towards a ceasefire in Gaza, officials close to the participants said. French authorities were also in touch with these four countries with the aim of negotiating a halt to hostilities.
between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas in the besieged territory, the sources said.
A security source on Friday told AFP that CIA chief William Burns would meet his counterparts from Israel and Egypt, as well as Qatar's prime minister "in the coming days".
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