Israel said Hamas handed over “two coffins of deceased hostages ” from Gaza late Saturday, while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu increased pressure on the militant group to share the rest more quickly under their ceasefire.

Negotiators from Hamas, Israel and the United States began indirect talks in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh with President Donald Trump saying they were down to the “final details.”

Egypt, a key intermediary in truce talks, said it would host delegations from Israel and Hamas to discuss a possible exchange of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners.

Officials representing Hamas militants, Qatar, and Egypt were seen in a meeting on Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan was accepted on Thursday, according to Egyptian media. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press.

Israel and Hamas have started the first round of indirect talks in Egypt to discuss releasing remaining hostages and work to end the nearly two-year-long war in Gaza and the West Bank.

Hamas officials were in Egypt on Monday ahead of talks with Israel that the U.S. hopes will bring a halt to war in Gaza and release of hostages.

Hamas leader Fawzi Barhoum in a statement Tuesday said the terror group would not allow Israel to end the war as victors. “Despite the brutal military force, unlimited support, and full American partnership in the war of extermination in Gaza, they have not and will not succeed in achieving a false image of victory,” the terrorist leader claimed.

Negotiators in Egypt are discussing President Trump’s 20-point peace plan, which includes a hostage-prisoner exchange and a plan to rebuild Gaza.

The gathering appeared designed to rally international support behind the Trump vision for putting an end to the war.