Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has invited President Donald Trump to attend the signing of a potential Gaza peace agreement once it is reached, a move that may signal progress in ongoing negotiations.

President Donald Trump said an agreement to end Israel’s two-year-old war against Hamas in Gaza is “very close” based on a note he was handed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio during an event at the White House on Wednesday. Trump was taking questions from reporters during a roundtable with right-wing influencers when Rubio entered the room.

Two years after Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, attack that killed about 1,200 people and abducted 251, the war in Gaza has left over 67,000 Palestinians dead, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.

The most promising effort yet to end the war in Gaza was bolstered as senior figures from Israel and the United States joined the negotiations on Wednesday after Hamas handed over its lists of hostages and Palestinian prisoners to be freed in a swap.

Early on Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led fighters launched a multipronged terrorist attack on Israel. The resulting war in Gaza has created a humanitarian catastrophe.

As President Trump pushes to finalize a Gaza ceasefire and hostage exchange, one Israeli family warns that freeing a notorious Hamas terrorist could lead to new bloodshed.

The Freedom Flotilla said in a statement, “Sources so far indicate that the unarmed crew aboard, including doctors, journalists, and elected officials, have been abducted, as well as the vital aid worth over $110,

The most promising effort yet to end the war in Gaza was bolstered as senior figures from Israel and the United States joined the negotiations on Wednesday after Hamas handed over its lists of hostages and Palestinian prisoners to be freed in a swap.

The Israeli military has once again intercepted boats from the Global Sumud Flotilla aimed at delivering aid to Gaza., Middle East, Times Now