Hamas offered to hand over governance of the Gaza Strip in exchange for a five- to 10-year truce in its war with Israel, President Trump’s special envoy for hostage negotiations said on Sunday.

Officials from Egypt and the U.S. are meeting this week for negotiations in an effort to reach a second stage of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

U.S. hostage envoy Adam Boehler said Sunday that while he understands Israel's concerns over direct talks with Hamas, the U.S. is "not an agent of Israel." The big picture: Hours after Boehler met with a senior Hamas political official,

That’s according to a report Thursday from Axios, which cited unnamed department officials who said they planned to use AI to surveil the social media of students on visas. The plan is called “Catch and Revoke,” a callback to the “catch and release” approach to managing illegal immigration that Republicans have decried.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was not informed of the talks before they took place and was caught off guard, said an Israeli with knowledge of the matter.

A senior Hamas figure in Gaza has accused US President Donald Trump of “blatant double standards” in his demand for the immediate release of hostages still held in Gaza – but told CNN that Hamas’ direct meetings with US officials “aim to achieve stability in the region.

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President Donald Trump's hostage envoy Adam Boehler's direct meetings with Palestinian militant group Hamas on the release of hostages in Gaza was a "one-off situation" and as of now "hasn't borne fruit,

The U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs said Sunday that he was "cautiously optimistic" after his meeting with Hamas that hostages still being held in Gaza would be released.