US envoys head to Mideast as Trump warns Hamas against peace deal delay | International

WASHINGTON, Oct 5, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Donald Trump's son-in-law and a senior envoy were heading to Egypt Saturday to finalize hostage release details, as the US president warned he would "not tolerate delay" by Hamas in implementing a peace plan with Israel. A White House official confirmed to AFP that Jared Kushner and Trump's Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff are traveling to the region to address the finalization of details on the release of hostages and to discuss the deal pushed by the US president to bring an end to the conflict between Israel and Hamas. Trump said on his Truth Social platform late Saturday afternoon that Israel had agreed to an initial line of withdrawal in Gaza and that...