U.S., Egypt, Qatar call on Israel and Hamas to resume cease-fire talks

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U.S., Egypt, Qatar call on ******* and ****** to resume cease-***** talks

Aug. 8 (UPI) — The ******* States, Egypt and Qatar are calling on ******* and ****** to return to the negotiating table on a cease-***** agreement that U.S. officials have been saying is near completion.

The trio of countries is brokering talks on a cease-***** and ********-release deal in the more than 300-day war between ******* and the Iran-backed militia. Urgency is mounting for it to get done as fears of an expanding war in the Middle East rise over Iranian threats to ******* ******* for the assassinations of Tehran proxy leaders in Lebanon and Iran.

“There is no further time to waste nor excuses from any party for further delay,” the three countries said in

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distributed by the White House. “It is time to release the hostages, begin the ceasefire and implement this agreement.”

They said a framework agreement they “worked tirelessly over many months to forge” has been tabled with only implementation details left to conclude, and they will present a final bridging proposal to resolve differences if necessary.

They are calling on both sides to resume “urgent discussion” on Aug. 15 in either Doha or Cairo in order to “close all remaining gaps and commence implementation of the deal without further delay.”

“It is time to bring immediate relief both to the long-suffering people of Gaza as well as the long-suffering hostages and their families. The time has come to conclude the ceasefire and hostages and detainees release deal,” they said.

UPI has asked ******* for comment, though the office of President Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly agreed to participate. ****** has yet to comment.

The three-phase cease-***** deal was first detailed by President

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in late May and has been endorsed by the ******* Nations.

The deal would bring about an initial six-week cease-***** in the war, which began Oct. 7 after ****** led a ******* and merciless ******* on ******* that ******* 1,200 people and saw another 251 taken ********.

Under the first phase, a number of the 115 Israelis who remain in ****** captivity would be released in exchange for ************ prisoners held by *******.

The second phase is a permanent end to hostilities and the release of more hostages and prisoners. The third phase includes the release of all ***** hostages held by ****** and the commencement of major reconstruction plan for Gaza, which has been razed by the war.

The ************ Ministry of Health, which does not differentiate between civilian and ****** fighters,

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nearly 40,000 Palestinians have been ******* and another nearly 92,000 have been wounded.

Prospects of achieving a cease-***** have been threated by recent assassinations of commander Fuad Shukr of

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on July 30 in Lebanon and ****** leader

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in Iran the following day. Hezbollah has been attacking ******* since the start of the war in solidarity with ******.

Iran has vowed to retaliate against ******* but has also said the establishment of a cease-***** in Gaza is a priority alongside achieving retribution.

Over the last few days, Biden administration officials have been publicizing that the agreement is almost done and that they have been working to prevent Iran’s retaliatory *******, with John Kirby, Biden’s National Security Communications advisor,

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Wednesday they are “as close as we think we have ever been” in securing a cease-*****.

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