As part of the recent US efforts to turn down hostilities in the Gaza Strip, the director of the Central intelligence Agency (CIA) William J. Burns is in “direct contact with Hamas officials” - according to the Wall Street Journal.

Burns, despite Hamas being an officially designated foreign terror group by the United States, has presented the US’s proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza to officials from Qatar, Egypt, and Hamas in Cairo.

This unusual meeting exhibits the intensified efforts by the Joe Biden administration to lessen the humanitarian catastrophe in the Strip amidst international pressures exerted towards the United States to concede part of its support to “Israel” in its aggression against Gaza.

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