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Israel and Hamas delegations convene in Egypt one day before the 2nd anniversary of Hamas terror attacks to negotiate details of President Donald Trump's comprehensive peace proposal.

Indirect talks aimed at reaching a final agreement on a US peace plan to end the war in Gaza have begun in the Egyptian city of Sharm El-Sheikh. Palestinian and Egyptian officials have told the BBC that the sessions are focused on "creating the field conditions" for a possible exchange that would see the release of all Israeli hostages in return for a number of Palestinian prisoners.

Trump wants Israeli and Hamas negotiators to "move fast" in new talks aimed at securing a ceasefire in the Gaza war, spurred by his 20-point plan.

Israeli and Hamas officials are set to hold indirect talks in an Egyptian resort on a U.S. peace plan for Gaza.

The four-part series "Red Alert," a scripted account of the terror attacks in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, gains its power from the absence of context. As conceived by writer, director and co-creator Lior Chefetz ("The Stronghold"),

My first experience was not only with Hamas fighters but also with an ecstatic civilian mob — men, women, children — fighting each other to rip me limb from limb. The Hamas terrorists needed to push the mob back.

Sharon Edri's family started a petition begging the Israeli government not to release, Jamal Al-Hur, a member of Hamas serving three life sentences.