CAIRO, May 9, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - Hamas and Israeli negotiators left Cairo Thursday "after a two-day round of negotiations" for a truce in the seven-month war in Gaza, Egypt's state-linked Al-Qahera News reported.

Efforts by Egyptian, Qatari and US mediators "are ongoing to bring the two sides' points of view closer," the media outlet reported, citing a high-level Egyptian source.