Egypt ‘Hopeful’ About New Proposal for Hostages-Truce Deal

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry speaks at a news conference in Moscow, Russia, May 14, 2018. Photo: Reuters / Maxim Shemetov / File.

i24 News – Egypt’s Foreign Minister on Monday said he is “hopeful” about a new proposal for a truce in Gaza as a Hamas delegation was due in Cairo for talks. “There is a proposal on the table [and it is] up to the two sides to consider and accept,” said Sameh Shoukry in Riyadh at the World Economic Forum (WEF).

“We are hopeful,” he added, explaining...