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CIA chief to visit Israel this week for talks on war against Hamas
Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief
File: US Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns speaks at the Central Intelligence Agency headquarters in Langley, Virginia, July 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
US Central Intelligence Agency director chief Bill Burns will visit Israel this week to discuss the war against Hamas, an official familiar with the matter tells The Times of Israel.
It will be Burns’s first trip to Israel since the outbreak of the war.
He will also make stops in Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt during the regional tour, which will include a particular focus on efforts to secure the release of roughly 240 hostages currently being held in Gaza.
