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Mossad chief said to propose Hamas leaders leave Gaza as part of ceasefire deal
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File: Mossad Director David Barnea speaks during a Conference of the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), in Tel Aviv, on September 10, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
Mossad chief David Barnea proposed that Hamas leaders be exiled from the Gaza Strip as part of a broader ceasefire deal, according to a CNN report.
Citing officials familiar with the discussions, the US cable news network says Barnea raised the idea during a meeting in Warsaw last month with CIA director Bill Burns and Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, and that US Secretary of State Antony Blinken again floated the proposal while in Doha earlier this month.
One of the officials says the Qatari premier told Blinken that the idea “would never work,” as Hamas does not trust Israel would halt military operations in Gaza after the terror group’s leaders leave the enclave.
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