New Delhi, Oct. 6 -- Inside Egypt's tight-window push, negotiators try to turn hostages and crossings into a working ceasefire built on verification, not vows

Gaza City -Negotiators from Israel and Hamas converged on Egypt on Monday, October 6, 2025, for the most serious push yet to end the Gaza war and free the remaining hostages. The talks, hosted on the Red Sea coast and propelled by a new United States framework championed by President Donald Trump, opened with a paradox that has come to define this conflict. Guns have not fallen silent, yet the incentives to stop shooting have rarely been stronger.

The agenda is dense and emotionally charged. Mediators are trying to choreograph a ceasefire that pauses airstrikes and artillery, a fi...