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Tuesday, March 19, 2024
Mossad chief briefing war cabinet on Qatar talks, officials said pessimistic
Israel's Mossad Director David Barnea speaks during the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT) World Summit in the central coastal city of Herzliya on September 10, 2023. (Gil Cohen-Magen/AFP, File)
Mossad chief David Barnea is briefing the war cabinet on the start of talks to reach a truce and hostage deal with Hamas, Hebrew media reports.
Barnea returned this morning from Doha where talks, mediated by Qatar, the US and Egypt, started last night.
A senior Israeli official tells Channel 12 that there is pessimism that a deal will be reached, saying that while the gaps in positions could be bridged, it was not clear if Hamas Gaza leader Yahya Simwar really wants a deal or is just playing for time.
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