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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jason Burke in Jerusalem

Indirect talks over Gaza ceasefire continue as Netanyahu arrives in Washington

People walk past makeshift shelters as smoke billows east of Gaza City after Israeli bombardment
Both sides are under pressure to agree an end to the 21-month conflict in Gaza. Photograph: Bashar Taleb/AFP/Getty

Indirect talks between Israel and Hamas over a ceasefire and hostage deal in Gaza continued for a second day on Monday, hours before a meeting in Washington between Benjamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump.

Avi Dichter, an Israeli minister and member of Netanyahu’s security cabinet, said he expected Trump’s meeting with the Israeli prime minister would go beyond Gaza to include the possibility of normalising ties with Lebanon, Syria and Saudi Arabia – an ambitious project that is central to the US president’s policy in the Middle East.

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