By Nidal al-Mughrabi.
CAIRO (Reuters) -The most promising effort yet to end the war in Gaza was bolstered as senior figures from Israel and the United States joined the negotiations on Wednesday after Hamas handed over its lists of hostages and Palestinian prisoners to be freed in a swap.
With President Donald Trump‘s 20-point plan appearing closer than any previous bid to halt the war, delegations were upgrading their presence at the indirect talks, launched on Monday in the Egyptian resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh.
Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and special envoy Steve Witkoff and Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer, a close confidant of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, arrived and began participation in the talks, Israeli and Palestinian sources said.
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