Hamas and US CIA officials will meet Egyptian mediators on Saturday, according to an Egyptian security source. Chef Fadi Kattan is working to keep Palestinian heritage alive through food in increasingly difficult circumstances as farmlands come under attack.

Hamas plans to send a delegation to Cairo “as soon as possible” to continue cease-fire talks to end the war in Gaza, the group’s political chief, Ismail Haniyeh, said Thursday. In a statement, released after a phone call with Egyptian intelligence minister,

Hamas said Thursday it will send a delegation to Cairo as soon as possible to keep working on cease-fire talks, in response to Egypt's latest proposal. Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh said he spoke to Egypt’s intelligence chief and “stressed the positive spirit of the movement in studying the cease-fire proposal.