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Egypt's Sisi and CIA's Burns discusss Gaza ceasefire efforts

 Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi attends a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the Presidential Palace in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, June 10, 2024. Amr Nabil/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi attends a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the Presidential Palace in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, June 10, 2024. Amr Nabil/File Photo

CAIRO - Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and U.S. Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns on Tuesday discussed efforts to reach a ceasefire in the Gaza war, the Egyptian presidency said.


"The president affirmed the Egyptian position rejecting the continuation of military operations in the Gaza Strip," the presidency said in a statemet.


Senior U.S. officials were in the region to push for a ceasefire after Hamas made concessions last week, but the Palestinian militant group said a new Israeli assault on Gaza on Monday threatened truce talks at a crucial moment and called for mediators to rein in Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.


An Egyptian security delegation will head to Doha on Wednesday "on a mission to bring viewpoints closer between Hamas and Israel in order to reach a truce agreement as soon as possible," Egypt's state-affiliated Al-Qahera News cited a senior source as saying.


Egypt and Qatar have been leading mediating efforts in the nine-month war between Israel and Hamas in hopes of ending the fighting and securing the release of Israeli hostages in exchange of Palestinian prisoners.

-(Reuters)

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