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A Gaza ceasefire deal appears close as negotiators continue to hammer out the final details after marathon talks in Qatar.<\/p>\n

US and Egyptian leaders promised to stay in close contact about a deal in the coming hours.<\/p>\n

There have been previous moments of optimism<\/a><\/strong> that a deal is close, but all sides have indicated that negotiations are in their final stages now.<\/p>\n

It comes just days before president-elect Donald Trump takes office, and amid an apparent growing gulf between Hamas, in Gaza, and the Palestinian Authority, in the West Bank.<\/p>\n

More than eight hours of talks in Doha fuelled growing optimism as officials from mediator countries as well as Israel and Hamas said an agreement was closer than ever.<\/p>\n

However, it has not yet been brought over the line.<\/p>\n

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Qatar’s foreign ministry spokesperson Majed al Ansari told a news conference that both sides had been presented with a text and that talks regarding the final few details were under way.<\/p>\n

The war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas has claimed almost 47,000 lives in the enclave<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

It began after Hamas and other militant groups launched an attack into southern Israel on 7 October 2023, killing more than 1,200 people and taking about 250 hostages, and has triggered further conflicts in the region.<\/p>\n

President Joe Biden’s outgoing administration has taken part in talks, alongside an envoy from Mr Trump’s incoming team.<\/p>\n

Mr Biden and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al Sisi talked about the progress of negotiations in a statement issued by the White House, saying: “Both leaders committed to remain in close coordination directly and through their teams over the coming hours.”<\/p>\n

They both “emphasised the urgent need for a deal to be implemented”.<\/p>\n

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Both Hamas and an Israeli official said talks had reached a critical juncture.<\/p>\n

The Israeli official said that some details still needed to be worked out, adding: “We are close, we are not there yet.”<\/p>\n

Militant group Islamic Jihad, which is separate from Hamas and also holds hostages in Gaza, said it was sending a senior delegation to Doha this week, to take part in the final arrangements for a ceasefire deal.<\/p>\n

If successful, the phased ceasefire would bring to an end fighting that has decimated Gaza – and cap more than a year of stop-and-start talks.<\/p>\n

There are hopes it could, in turn, ease tensions across the wider Middle East<\/a><\/strong> where the war has fuelled conflict in the West Bank, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen and Iraq and raised the spectre of all-out war between Israel and Iran.<\/p>\n

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The deal would also see Israel recover about 100 remaining hostages and bodies from those captured on 7 October.<\/p>\n

Most of the enclave’s population has been made homeless.<\/p>\n

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While Palestinians may eagerly await a deal, Israel’s attacks have continued all across the enclave, claiming dozens of lives and injuring more.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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