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From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, February 13, 2024
From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, February 13, 2024
Report: Meeting between CIA head, Mossad chief, Qatar PM underway in Egypt
Smoke billows during Israeli airstrikes over Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on February 13, 2024. (MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)
CIA director William Burns, Mossad chief David Barnea and Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani are meeting now with Egyptian officials in Cairo today “to discuss a truce in Gaza,” Egyptian media report.
Al-Qahera News, which has links to Egyptian intelligence, reports the “quartet meeting” as international pressure grows for a truce between Israel and Hamas. A proposal thrashed out with Israeli negotiators in Paris late last month has gone back and forth between the two sides.
“Hamas and the [other terror] factions are awaiting the outcome of the Cairo meetings, and Hamas is open to discussing any initiative that achieves an end to aggression and war,” a Hamas official tells AFP on condition of anonymity.
