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Netanyahu confidant Dermer to replace Mossad chief as head of Israeli hostage negotiating team
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleLazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter
Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer walks into the Executive Office Building next to the White House in Washington, DC on December 26, 2023. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP)
Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer will lead talks on phase 2 of the hostage release-ceasefire deal with Hamas, according to Channel 12.
Mossad chief David Barnea has led previous rounds.
An Israeli official tells The Times of Israel that there has not yet been approval for an Israeli negotiating team to head to Qatar for the talks.
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