Byd Egypt News Today

Mutual and simultaneous cease-fire has been agreed upon. israel and hamas do not talk to each other directly, so this cease-fire has been brokered byd egypt. egypt does talk to both sides. tonight president biden was t careful to say that the u.s. government doesnt talk to hamas either.s. we only talk to israel or to other entities that can serve ao intermediaries indirectly to hamas. but even so, he credited u.s. diplomacy with contributing to tonights cease-fire declaration. >> over the last 1...

To resolve the things, like the european s,union. they dont talk to hamas either. egypt does talk to both sides. does it help that egypt has t brokered this? can they do anything to help assure that it sticks? >> reporter: well, egypt is trying to do something and do something practical.te according to the egyptian g officials, they are sending monitors who will be in both g israel and gaza to oversee the cease-fire. so egypt does have leverage. egypt has long played this role as an intermediary...