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A Hamas representative said on Wednesday that the Palestinian Islamist group was unlikely to take part in the next round of Gaza ceasefire talks. The official, who asked not to be named, told dpa that Hamas had no plans to directly engage in Thursday’s negotiations because mediators had yet to present a plan to implement the ceasefire framework outlined by US President Joe Biden in late May. The negotiations are to take place in the Qatari capital Doha, sources told dpa. CIA chief William Burns, Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani and Egypt’s intelligence chief Abbas Kamel …

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