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CIA chief Bill Burns departs Qatar after holding talks on Gaza truce deal – report
CIA director William Burns speaks during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing to examine worldwide threats on Capitol Hill on March 8, 2023. (Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/AP)
CIA director Bill Burns departed Qatar late last night following talks on a temporary truce in Gaza and the release of the 134 hostages still held by Hamas, a source briefed on the talks tells AFP.
Mossad chief David Barnea departed Qatar last night, along with Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar, an Israeli official confirmed to the Times of Israel.
The CIA and Mossad chiefs “departed Doha to brief their respective teams back home on the latest round” of talks, the source said on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the discussions, adding negotiations had “focused on details and a ratio for the exchange of hostages and prisoners.”
