Deal could be reached ‘in coming days’ as top officials join Gaza peace talks

Palestinians carry plastic bottles with water in an area of a makeshift tent camp for displaced people along the shore of Nuseirat, in the central Gaza Strip (Abdel Kareem Hana/AP)

The US’s top Middle East adviser, the prime minister of Qatar and other senior officials joined the third day of peace talks between Israel and Hamas in Egypt in a sign that negotiators aim to dive deeply into the toughest issues of an American plan to end the war in Gaza.

Two officials from Arab countries said progress was made in Wednesday’s talks and that a deal could be reached in the coming days.