If certain demands are not met, we will not do it. But I think it's going very well. Hamas has agreed to things that are very important, says Trump at a press conference at the White House on Monday evening.
The comment comes after the state-owned Egyptian Al-Qahera reported that the parties are discussing the basic requirements for releasing "detained and prisoners”.
Egyptian and Qatari mediators are working with both sides to establish a mechanism with the aim of releasing hostages in Gaza in exchange for Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli prisons, it is further stated.
Behind closed doors and with strict security routines, the negotiators are holding talks with the mediators, who are moving between the negotiating delegations. This is taking place just weeks after Israel tried to kill Hamas's top negotiator through an air strike in Qatar.
The White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt says on Monday evening that President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and the Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, who represent the US in the negotiations, are working full-time.
They are going through the lists of both Israeli hostages and political prisoners to be released. These talks are ongoing and the president is on top of it, she says, according to Haaretz.
