Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman Al Thani will join the Gaza peace talks in Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh on Wednesday, the

Israel and Hamas appear closer than ever to a deal to end their two-year war — but questions remain. Delegations from Israel, Hamas, the U.S., Egypt and Qatar are meeting on Monday.

CAIRO (AP) — Peace talks between Israel and Hamas resumed at an Egyptian resort city on Tuesday, the two-year anniversary of the militant group’s surprise attack on Israel that triggered the bloody conflict that has seen tens of thousands of Palestinians killed in Gaza.

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said a negotiating team from Israel will travel to Egypt to discuss a potential Gaza deal, as indirect talks with Hamas gained momentum under a new US-brokered peace plan.

The new Egyptian and Jordanian trained Palestinian security forces will operate under a body of 15 Palestinian technocrats, to be overseen by the Tony Blair-led Council

Hamas has so far not publicly commented on whether the militant group would be willing to accept the deal that could effectively make them irrelevant in Palestine.