Qatar’s Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani will meet with the director of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), William Burns and his Israeli counterpart in Europe on the weekend to debate a cease-fire in Gaza.
Burns and the top of Israel’s Mossad intelligence service, David Barnea, will meet with Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, an official briefed on the assembly advised Reuters.
Egyptian intelligence chief Abbas Kamel will even take part, the second supply mentioned.
The Biden administration has been making an attempt to facilitate the discharge of the greater than 100 remaining hostages taken throughout Hamas’s Oct. 7 cross-border incursion on Israel, which prompted the beginning of Israel’s incessant assaults on Gaza, which is now in its fourth month.
The U.S. and Israeli intelligence chiefs have beforehand met with Qatari and Egyptian officers, serving to to dealer a short-lived truce in November that noticed greater than 100 hostages freed.
Burns “has been … involved in helping us with the hostage deal that was in place and trying to help us pursue another one,” White House nationwide safety spokesperson John Kirby advised reporters touring with U.S. President Joe Biden aboard Air Force One, referring particular inquiries to the company.
The CIA, which has a coverage of not disclosing the director’s journey, declined to touch upon the assembly, first reported by the Washington Post.
U.S. ally Israel has vowed to eradicate Hamas, unleashing a torrent of strikes which have flattened most of Gaza and killed not less than 25,700 folks, principally ladies and youngsters.
Hamas would abide by the ICJ ruling on cease-fire
Hamas on Thursday mentioned it might abide by any doable ruling by the International Court of Justice calling for a cease-fire so long as Israel reciprocates.
The Biden administration has lengthy mentioned it backs a short lived pause within the combating, which may additionally permit extra humanitarian support, nevertheless it doesn’t again a cease-fire regardless of international outcry.
Following the deliberate weekend talks, Qatar’s Al Thani is predicted to be in Washington subsequent week. On Monday, he’s scheduled to talk on the Atlantic Council, based on the suppose tank’s web site.
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