US President Joe Biden on Friday urged the leaders of Egypt and Qatar to pressure Hamas to agree to a Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal ahead of a fresh round of talks this weekend in Cairo. CIA Director Bill Burns will lead the US delegation to the Cairo talks, a US official said. A senior Biden administration official said Joe Biden wrote letters to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and the emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, on the state of the hostage talks and “he urged them to secure commitments from Hamas to agree and abide by a deal.”
