Netanyahu, Witkoff agree to meet in DC on Monday to launch talks on truce’s 2nd phase

By Lazar Berman

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1 February 2025, 10:00 pm

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Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) meets with US President Donald Trump's Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff in his office in Jerusalem on January 29, 2025. (Maayan Toaf/GPO)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US special envoy Steve Witkoff agreed in a conversation this evening that they will meet in Washington on Monday to initiate talks on the second stage of the hostage release deal with Hamas, according to the Prime Minister’s Office.

Monday is the 16th day of the first phase of the ceasefire and hostage deal and the say on which the discussions about the second stage are slated to begin.

Witkoff will also speak this week with Qatar’s prime minister and with senior Egyptian officials, says the PMO, after which he and Netanyahu will discuss when delegations will be sent to engage in further talks about moving to the second stage of the deal.