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Israeli delegation led by Mossad chief arrives in Paris for hostage deal talks – report
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The Israeli delegation headed by Mossad chief David Barnea has arrived in Paris for talks with the US, Qatar, and Egypt on a potential hostage deal with Hamas, Sky News Arabic reports.
They will meet this evening.
US negotiators are reportedly making progress on a potential agreement under which Israel would pause military operations against Hamas in Gaza for two months in exchange for the release of more than 100 hostages abducted in the Palestinian terror group’s devastating October 7 attack on Israel, according to two senior administration officials.
However, Israeli officials, cited by Channel 12, have played down expectations, saying that Hamas is stubbornly clinging to demands that Israel completely end the war while leaving the terror group in power over Gaza.
The Times of Israel Community.