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The Trump administration has been conducting secret talks with the militant Palestinian group Hamas on the possibility of releasing US hostages being held in Gaza, two sources briefed on the conversations have said.

Israel&s cut-off of food, fuel, medicine and other supplies to Gaza&s two million people has sent prices soaring and humanitarian groups into overdrive, trying to distribute dwindling stocks to the most vulnerable.

Leaders of Arab countries are meeting in Cairo to endorse a Gaza reconstruction plan to counter the controversial ideas of US president Donald Trump, though a number of crucial details need to be ironed out before the proposal is finalised.