Dermer reportedly set to discuss hostage deal with Trump’s Mideast envoy in Florida

Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer is expected to meet in Florida today with incoming US envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff to discuss efforts to reach a hostage deal with Hamas, according to Axios’s Barak Ravid.

The meeting comes ahead of Witkoff’s trip to Doha later tonight, where Israeli and Hamas delegations have been working on a potential deal since the weekend.

“We’re making a lot of progress, and I don’t want to say too much because I think they’re doing a really good job back in Doha,” said Witkoff yesterday at a press conference. “I’m leaving tomorrow to go back to Doha, but I think that we’ve had some really great progress, and I’m really hopeful that by the inaugural, we’ll have some good things to announce on behalf of the president.”