CIA Director to visit region soon for Gaza ceasefire talks: Israeli media

CAIRO – 24 May 2024: The CIA Director William Burns will visit the region soon to move forward on the negotiations file, reported the Israeli Channel 13.

Egypt is working to resume the Gaza ceasefire negotiations between Hamas and Israel, Egyptian officials told the Arabic-language newspaper of the New Arab on Thursday.

“Officials in Cairo have begun a series of contacts with active parties to resume negotiations aiming to reach a ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement,” the sources said.

The Egyptian sources also revealed that Israeli technical delegations visit Cairo weekly to discuss files related to security agreements between Egypt and Israel, and to present demands related to Egyptian cooperation to restart the Rafah crossing.

The Israeli forces have not stopped shelling the Palestinian civilians in the whole besieged Gaza Strip, and launched a military ground operation against the Palestinian refugee camp of Jenin in the West Bank, where 11 Palestinians were killed, including 4 children.

In Gaza, Israel has killed 35,800 Palestinians and injured 80,011 others since the 7th of last October.