US US There We had some meetings with them in the last couple of days,” he said, adding that Egypt was also in “ongoing” discussions with Hamas.A senior Palestinian official familiar with previous rounds of negotiations told the BBC that a Hamas delegation is in Cairo and will meet with Egyptian intelligence officials on Thursday evening.Blinken is on his 11th visit to the Middle East since the start of the current war between Israel and Hamas more than a year ago, and is set to end his trip on Friday.During the visit, he announced an additional $135 million of aid “in humanitarian assistance, water, sanitation, maternal health for Palestinians in Gaza, in the West Bank, as well as in the region”, taking the total amount of US aid since the start of the war to some $1.2 billion.More on this storyBowen: Gaza nurse describes grief and chaos of moments after Israeli strikeIsrael strike on Gaza school-turned-shelter kills 17, hospital saysIDF soldiers should refuse orders that may be war crimes, Israeli ex-security adviser tells BBCMiddle EastIsrael & the PalestiniansIsrael-Gaza warIsraelHamas
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