Israel's participation in the Cairo talks is a "courtesy of Biden" and Washington is working on a new proposal. A meeting was held in Cairo on Tuesday to discuss the truce in the Gaza Strip and the exchange of prisoners, with the participation of CIA Director William Burns, Mossad Chief David Barnea, Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman Al Thani, and Egyptian officials.
The US State Department said today that it believes that a prisoner exchange agreement between Israel and Hamas is still possible.