A delegation from Palestinian militant group Hamas will visit Cairo on Saturday, a Hamas official told Reuters, amid expectations that they will deliver a written response to an Israeli proposal on a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release. The Hamas official, who declined to be identified, spoke on Friday after CIA Director William Burns arrived in the Egyptian capital for meetings about the conflict in Gaza, according to an Egyptian security source and three sources at Cairo airport. Egypt made a renewed push to revive negotiations late last month.
The new encampment comes as Israel and Hamas are engaged in an ongoing conflict in Gaza after Hamas attacked, killed, and kidnapped Israeli citizens in October.
At the banquet, in keeping with longstanding tradition interrupted during the Donald Trump years Biden was seated on the dais ahead of the evening's comedy roast, this year to be delivered by Colin Jost of "Saturday Night Live."
India News: The conflict in Gaza is of great concern and the humanitarian crises arising out of it require a sustainable solution, External Affairs Minister S Jai