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Report: Israel offered Hamas leaders safe passage to free hostages, they refused
Mossad chief David Barnea attends a ceremony at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem on Holocaust Remembrance Day, May 5, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
The Wall Street Journal reports that Israel in recent days offered Hamas leaders safe passage to another country if they disarmed and freed the hostages they are holding.
The paper says the head of the spy agency Mossad, David Barnea, conveyed the offer during meetings in Egypt over the past week.
The Journal, citing Arab mediators, says Hamas rebuffed the proposal.
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