President Donald Trump made his final preparations for the next stage of Middle East peace talks and hostage releases on the second anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas terrorist attack on Israel.
Trump convened his top national security team Tuesday to review progress on negotiations aimed at ending the Gaza war and securing the release of Israeli hostages before his envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff head to Egypt for high-stakes talks, Axios reported.
Trump is pressing for a breakthrough “within days” as indirect negotiations between Israel and Hamas intensify. Kushner and Witkoff are expected to arrive in Sharm el-Sheikh on Wednesday, where mediators from Egypt, Qatar, and Turkey are working to finalize terms of a deal that U.S. and Israeli officials say is closer than ever.
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