WASHINGTON — US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff is leading a delegation into Cairo to begin talks with Israeli and Hamas negotiators to wind down the nearly two-year war in Gaza, starting with “the immediate release of all hostages,” according to multiple reports .
“Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will travel to Egypt later today to finalize the technical details of the hostage release and discuss the lasting peace deal,” a White House official told Axios on Saturday.
The summit will kick off the first phase of President Trump’s 21-point peace plan for the Gaza Strip, which has received qualified endorsements from both sides in the conflict after he gave the terror group until Sunday at 6 p.m. to agree to it — or watch “all HELL” break loose.
The 48 remaining hostages, 20 of whom