Hamas negotiators arrive in Cairo for Gaza truce talks; CIA chief also present

CAIRO - Hamas negotiators arrived in Cairo on Saturday for intensified talks on a possible Gaza truce that would see the return to Israel of some hostages, a Hamas official told Reuters, with the CIA director already present for the indirect diplomacy.

The Hamas delegation arrived from the Palestinian Islamist movement's headquarters in Qatar, which, along with Egypt, has tried to mediate a follow-up to a brief November ceasefire. Washington, while formally shunning Hamas, has called on it to enter a deal. Egyptian sources said William Burns, director of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, arrived in Cairo on Friday. He has been involved in previous rounds of truce talks and Washington has signalled there may be progress this time.Egypt made a renewed push to revive negotiations late last

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