May 6, 2024 Israel-Hamas war

CIA Director Bill Burns attends a hearing in Washington on March 11. Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc/Getty ImagesOver the past few days, mediators reworked the proposal that Hamas responded to on Monday to get past hurdles that weren’t going to work for Israel, two sources familiar with the talks said. CIA Director Bill Burns traveled to Cairo late last week and then on to Doha where he worked with the Qataris on the language so that it could be a workable basis for discussions with Israel.Hamas responded to this re-worked framework on Monday, both sources said. Based on that draft,…