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US and Hamas hold first direct talks since Gaza truce as ceasefire process stalls

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US and Hamas hold first direct talks since Gaza truce as ceasefire process stalls By Abeer Salman, Jeremy Diamond, CNN (CNN) — The US and Hamas held their first direct talks since the Gaza ceasefire as part of efforts to advance the fragile US-brokered…

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US and Hamas hold first direct talks since Gaza truce as ceasefire process stalls By Abeer Salman, Jeremy Diamond, CNN (CNN) — The US and Hamas held their first direct talks since the Gaza ceasefire as part of efforts to advance the fragile US-brokered…

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A delegation led by senior US advisor Aryeh Lightstone met chief Hamas negotiator Khalil al-Hayya in Cairo on Tuesday night, according to the sources.

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Lightstone was joined by Nickolay Mladenov, the US-backed Board of Peace’s High Representative for Gaza, officials said.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 10 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Israel agreed to implement those requirements if Hamas committed to disarmament”
INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE
No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding Israel's specific condition of Hamas disarmament for ceasefire implementation.
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Claim 2: “Lightstone was joined by Nickolay Mladenov, the US-backed Board of Peace’s High Representative for Gaza”
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Egypt Independent and other web results confirm Nickolay Mladenov, High Representative for Gaza at the Board of Peace, joined Lightstone in the meeting.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2018–2019 Gaza border protests, also known as the Great March of Return (Arabic: مسیرة العودة الكبرى, romanized: Masīra al-ʿawda al-kubrā), were a series of demonstrations held each Friday in Gaza…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018–2019_Gaza_border_protests
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gaza peace plan, officially the Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict, is a multilateral agreement between Israel and Hamas that aims to address the ongoing Gaza war and broader Middle Easte…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_peace_plan
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Nikolay Evtimov Mladenov (Bulgarian: Николай Евтимов Младенов; born 5 May 1972) is a Bulgarian politician and diplomat. He served as Minister of Defense of Bulgaria from 27 July 2009 to 27 January 201…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickolay_Mladenov
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Claim 3: “Israeli strikes have killed more than 765 people in Gaza since the ceasefire took effect in October, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to verify the specific death toll of 765 people cited by the Palestinian Ministry of Health since the October ceasefire.
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Claim 4: “Al-Hayya... survived an Israeli assassination attempt in the Qatari capital Doha last September”
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Two separate web search results explicitly state that Khalil al-Hayya survived an Israeli assassination attempt/airstrike in Doha, Qatar.
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web search NEUTRAL — Khalil Al-Hayya, head of Hamas’ political bureau and the group’s negotiating delegation, appeared in a video on Qatar’s Al Araby TV early Sunday, marking his first public appearance since surviving an…
https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/58/1262/554385/War-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Khalil al-Hayya, head of the Hamas negotiating delegation and a senior leader of the movement in Gaza, has made his first public appearance since surviving an Israeli assassination attempt in the Qata…
https://www.palestinechronicle.com/khalil-al-hayya-reappears…
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web search NEUTRAL — Khalil al-Hayya (Arabic: خليل الحية, romanized: Ḫalīl al-Ḥayya; born 5 November 1960) is a Palestinian politician who served as the deputy chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau from August to October…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khalil_al-Hayya
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Claim 5: “the Israeli military has continued to carry out frequent strikes in the territory”
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Multiple sources report that the Israeli military has continued or resumed strikes in Gaza after the ceasefire, including reports of strikes on March 18.
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web search NEUTRAL — Israel has escalated its attacks in Gaza in the five weeks since halting its joint bombing with the US in Iran, redirecting its fire back on the ruined Palestinian enclave where the military believes …
https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/2026-05-13-israel-intensifi…
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web search NEUTRAL — Why has Israel launched air strikes? Israeli aircraft began attacking what the military said were Hamas targets across Gaza in the early hours of 18 March. It was the most extensive series of air stri…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy5klgv5zv0o
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web search NEUTRAL — Officials in Hamas-ruled Gaza say the new Israeli assault has killed more than 400 people, as Israel accuses Hamas of refusing to extend the ceasefire.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/israel-launches-strikes-hamas-n…
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Claim 6: “A delegation led by senior US advisor Aryeh Lightstone met chief Hamas negotiator Khalil al-Hayya in Cairo on Tuesday night”
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The meeting between Aryeh Lightstone and Khalil al-Hayya in Cairo on Tuesday night is reported by Anadolu Ajansı, Egypt Independent, and other news sources.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Board of Peace (BoP), or the Peace Board, is an international organization with the stated purpose of promoting peacebuilding around the world. Established by President Donald Trump and led by th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Board_of_Peace
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web search NEUTRAL — A delegation led by senior US adviser Aryeh Lightstone met Hamas chief negotiator Khalil al-Hayya in Cairo late Tuesday, CNN reported, citing Hamas sources.
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/us-hamas-hold-direct-talks…
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web search NEUTRAL — A delegation led by senior US advisor Aryeh Lightstone met chief Hamas negotiator Khalil al-Hayya in Cairo on Tuesday night, according to the sources. Lightstone was joined by Nickolay Mladenov, the U…
https://thechronicle.com.gh/us-and-hamas-hold-first-direct-t…
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Claim 7: “Hamas has reasserted its control over the portion of Gaza not occupied by Israel”
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Web search results indicate that Israel believes Hamas fighters are 'tightening their grip' and regrouping in Gaza following a truce.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gaza war is an armed conflict in the Gaza Strip and Israel, fought as part of the unresolved Israeli–Palestinian and Gaza–Israel conflicts. The war began on 7 October 2023, when the Palestinian mi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_war
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In the wake of the October 7 attacks that sparked the Gaza war, Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups abducted 251 people from Israel to the Gaza Strip, including children, women, and elderly pe…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_war_hostage_crisis
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gaza war began on 7 October 2023 when Hamas launched coordinated armed incursions on Israel from the Gaza Strip. However, the Gaza–Israel conflict precedes the 2023 attacks. As of May 14, 2026 ove…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Gaza_war
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Claim 8: “The truce, brokered in October, brought an end to two years of war in Gaza”
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While there are mentions of various ceasefires (Iran war, Lebanon), there is no specific evidence in the provided results confirming a truce brokered in October that ended exactly two years of war in Gaza.
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web search NEUTRAL — On 8 April 2026, [a] the United States and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire in the 2026 Iran war, mediated by Pakistan. Iran had rejected the draft proposal for a 45-day two-phased ceasefire framew…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war_ceasefire
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web search NEUTRAL — 4 days ago · Day 75 of Middle East conflict — Iran ceasefire talks stalled as Trump pushes for a deal with Tehran
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/13/world/live-news/trump-iran-wa…
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web search NEUTRAL — 1 day ago · Israel and Lebanon agreed to a 45-day extension of a ceasefire that has tamped down the conflict between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, as two days of talks facilita…
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-lebanon-agr…
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Claim 9: “The US and Hamas held their first direct talks since the Gaza ceasefire”
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Multiple independent sources (Anadolu Ajansı, Egypt Independent, Caliber.Az) report that the US and Hamas held direct talks in Cairo following a Gaza truce.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Battle of Gaza, also known as the Gaza civil war, was a brief civil war between Fatah and Hamas that took place in the Gaza Strip from 7 to 15 June 2007. It was a prominent event in the Fatah–Hama…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Gaza_(2007)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gaza war is an armed conflict in the Gaza Strip and Israel, fought as part of the unresolved Israeli–Palestinian and Gaza–Israel conflicts. The war began on 7 October 2023, when the Palestinian mi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_war
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Islamic Resistance Movement, abbreviated Hamas (an acronym from the Arabic: حركة المقاومة الإسلامية, romanized: Ḥarakat al-Muqāwamah al-ʾIslāmiyyah), is a Sunni Islamist Palestinian nationalist po…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas
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Claim 10: “Lightstone met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to secure Israel’s commitment to fully implement its requirements under the first phase of the ceasefire”
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Egypt Independent and Caliber.Az both report that Lightstone met with Benjamin Netanyahu to secure commitment to the first phase of the ceasefire.
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web search NEUTRAL — Tuesday’s meeting came days after Lightstone met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to secure Israel’s commitment to fully implement its requirements under the first phase of the ceasefire…
https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/15/middleeast/us-hamas-talks-gaz…
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web search NEUTRAL — A US delegation met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in West Jerusalem to discuss progress and planning for the implementation of the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire framework, US env…
https://www.anews.com.tr/americas/2026/01/25/us-delegation-d…
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web search NEUTRAL — The April 14 meeting followed Lightstone’s recent talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, aimed at securing Israel’s commitment to implement the first-phase terms of the ceasefire, accor…
https://caliber.az/en/post/us-hamas-hold-first-direct-talks-…
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