Israel Wants to Resume Truce Talks With Hamas Soon - NYT

Israel’s foreign minister said on Wednesday that there were encouraging signs in the U.S.-led efforts to restart intensive cease-fire negotiations with Hamas, adding that Israel was eager for talks to resume “as soon as possible.”

The remarks by the minister, Gideon Saar, came one day after President Trump said Israel had agreed to “conditions to finalize” a 60-day cease-fire with Hamas, which would free some of the hostages still in Gaza.

“There are some positive signs,” Mr. Saar told reporters at a news conference in Estonia, part of a diplomatic tour of three E.U. members in the Baltics. “But our goal is to begin proximity talks as soon as possible,” he added, referring to the mediated shuttle diplomacy needed to flesh out details of the agreement.

Hamas said on Wednesday that it was considering the new proposal.

The momentum toward new talks picked up just ahead of the planned meeting between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and President Trump next week in Washington. And it followed the recent decision by the United States to join Israel in bombing Iranian nuclear sites.

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