Hamas negotiators arrived in Cairo on Saturday for intensified talks on a possible Gaza truce that would see the return to Israel of some hostages, a Hamas official told Reuters, with the CIA director already present for the indirect diplomacy.

Some reports indicate that there has been some progress in negotiating a temporary ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, the latter demanding a complete withdrawal of troops. However, an Israeli official has downplayed such reports,

Hamas said on Friday it was sending a delegation to Cairo to discuss a deal for a truce and the release of hostages in Gaza, hours after U.S. CIA Director William Burns arrived in the Egyptian capital,

Gaza A Hamas delegation is scheduled to arrive in Cairo on Saturday to resume talks on a ceasefire deal in Gaza, after months of negotiations have failed to produce a breakthrough. Hamas said its delegates were travelling to the Egyptian capital in a “positive spirit” after studying the latest truce