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Friday, August 9, 2024
PM’s office: Israel will attend Aug. 15 talks ‘to finalize the details for implementing’ deal
Responding to “the offer of the United States and the mediators,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office says Israel will dispatch a delegation to attend negotiations on a ceasefire-for-hostages deal on August 15.
A statement from the Prime Minister’s Office notes the location of the talks has yet to finalized, after the US-led statement proposed Cairo or Doha, but says the delegation will travel to wherever is decided on “to finalize the details for implementing the framework agreement.”