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Thursday, February 15, 2024
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Thursday, February 15, 2024
CIA director makes unannounced visit to Israel for meeting with Netanyahu
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleLazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter
CIA Director Willian Burns is in Israel ahead of a meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, an Israeli official tells The Times of Israel, confirming a Ynet report earlier
Netanyahu refused to send a delegation to Cairo today to meet with Burns and senior officials from Egypt in Qatar in an attempt to craft a hostage deal with Hamas.
The Israeli official declines to comment on who else will be joining the meeting on the Israeli side.
Later in the evening, Israel’s war cabinet will convene, followed by the security cabinet.
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