Hamas will not directly participate in Cairo cease-fire talks

Cease-fire talks continue amid warnings on internally displaced Palestinians

A Hamas delegation is in Cairo for more talks with US, Egyptian, and Qatari mediators on a cease-fire in Gaza. Egyptian state media has said that significant progress is being made. Hamas is considered a terrorist organization by Germany, the US, and several other countries.

What is known about the details of the potential cease-fire deal?

Israel says talks with top US, Egyptian and Qatari officials in Paris on the Gaza war were "constructive" but that significant gaps still remained. Media reports say the sides were working on an agreement in which Israel would agree to a cease-fire in return for the release of more than a hundred hostages.