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Monday, October 14, 2024
Shin Bet head met with Egyptian intelligence chief in Cairo to discuss stalled ceasefire talks — report
Shin Bet director Ronen Bar met with Egyptian intelligence chief Abbas Kamel in a meeting in Cairo on Sunday, Axios reporter Barak Ravid states on X, citing “a source familiar with the visit.”
According to Ravid, the two discussed the stalled negotiations for a hostage release-ceasefire deal but did not reach any breakthroughs.
One of the sticking points discussed by the two intelligence officials was the matter of the Rafah Border Crossing, the report states, which has been shuttered since May, when the IDF launched its offensive in the southern Gaza city.
The Shin Bet declines to comment on the report.
????????????????????The director of the Israeli Shin Bet intelligence agency Ronen Bar secretly visited Cairo on Sunday and met with Egyptian intelligence chief Abbas Kamel for talks that dealt, among other things, with the impasse in the negotiations on the Gaza hostage and ceasefire deal,…
— Barak Ravid (@BarakRavid) October 13, 2024
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