After Netanyahu’s meeting with Trump envoy, PM’s office says team heading to Doha in coming days

By Lazar Berman

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4 February 2025, 7:14 am

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Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C) meets with US special envoy Steve Witkoff (3rd R) and National Security Adviser Michael Waltz (3rd L) , accompanied by Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer (2nd R), National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi (2nd L), Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter (R), and Chief of Staff Tzachi Braverman (L) and military secretary Roman Gofman (bottom C) in Washington on February 4, 2025. (Avi Ohayon/GPO)

WASHINGTON — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets in Washington with US special envoy Steve Witkoff and National Security Adviser Michael Waltz to discuss the next phase of the hostage release deal underway with Hamas.

In the wake of the meeting, Israel is preparing to send a mid-level team to Qatar this weekend to discuss “technical details related to continuing to carry out” the agreement, says Netanyahu’s office.

The meeting was “positive and friendly,” according to the Prime Minister’s Office.

Netanyahu is joined by Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer, National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi, Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter, and Chief of Staff Tzachi Braverman.