Sa’ar: Delegation heading to Cairo to ‘see whether we have common ground to negotiate’

In response to a question from The Times of Israel on whether the delegation heading to Cairo will discuss moving to a second phase, Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar says that “our delegation will go to Cairo and see whether we have common ground to negotiate.”

“We said we are ready to extend the framework [of phase one] in return for the release of more hostages,” Sa’ar says at a press conference in Jerusalem after meeting with his Czech counterpart Jan Lipavsky. “If it is possible, we’ll do that. It will be better to speak at length about it after the return of the delegation from Cairo.”

According to Channel 12, the decision to send the delegation comes after two meetings today with senior security officials, including Defense Minister Israel Katz, Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, Foreign Minister Sa’ar and Shas chairman Aryeh Deri.