My name is Claire Parker, and I'm the Cairo Bureau Chief for the Washington Post.
I'm close to the Red Sea Resort town of Sharmal Shake, which is on Egypt's Sinai Peninsula.
It's pretty hot here, and it's a beach town where normally it's just filled with tourists.
But the past two days,
it's also played host to talks between Israel and Hamas over Trump's peace plan to end the war in Gaza.
My colleague Claire is reporting from Egypt right now at a critical time.
Today is exactly two years since October 7th, 2023.
That's the day Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel.
They targeted communities on the country's border with Gaza,
killing 1,200 people in their homes and at a music festival.
They also took 251 hostages.
Israel's retaliation has devastated Gaza.
They've killed more than 60,000 people there.
170,000 more have been injured in drone strikes and ground operations.
Millions are being starved.
Their homes destroyed.
Now there are glimmers of hope for an end to the war.
On Tuesday, Israel and Hamas entered a second day of peace talks,
the closest they've come to a peace deal in a long time.
It's been difficult to understand precisely how things are going as the talks only began yesterday and they are conducted under intense secrecy,