International mediators and Hamas delegates were in Cairo Tuesday for talks to try to secure a pause in the war in Gaza ahead of the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Envoys from the Palestinian militant group and the United States were expected to meet with Qatari and Egyptian mediators for a third day of negotiations over a six-week truce, the exchange of dozens of remaining hostages for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners and the flow of aid to Gaza.
“Getting stomped” is Israeli propaganda; they’re still engaged in urban warfare in occupied Gaza, but that aside:
Because without a permanent ceasefire none of this shit is gonna stop. Israel has been very clear they’re gonna invade Rafah either way (not that they can be believed either way, but they didn’t even try to lie), so unless someone prevents them from doing that negotiations are meaningless.