CAIRO (AP) — Israel and Hamas delegations are holding indirect talks on ending the two-year war in Gaza after both sides signaled support for U.S. President Donald Trump’s peace plan .

The talks in Egypt’s Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh are being advanced by the U.S. and mediated by Qatar and Egypt, and aim at hammering out details for the plan’s first phase. That includes a ceasefire to allow for the release of all remaining hostages held by Hamas in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in Israel.

Trump's plan has received wide international backing and raised hopes for an end to a devastating war that has upended global politics, left tens of thousands of Palestinians dead and the Gaza Strip in ruins. The war began on Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas-led militants stormed in

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