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Egypt gets 'positive signs' from Hamas on Gaza truce: report

Israeli soldiers confronting protestors at the West Bank. [File, Standard]

Egypt has received encouraging signals from Hamas over a potential Gaza truce and hostage-prisoner swap with Israel, state-linked Al-Qahera News said on Thursday, citing a high-level source.

Cairo has been engaged along with fellow mediators Doha and Washington in months of negotiations for a ceasefire aimed at ending the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip.

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