Israel’s hostage negotiating team will remain in Doha until at least Saturday night, the Axios news site reports, adding that there has been no progress in the talks.
The team recommended to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that they stay in Qatar for the weekend because there is still a chance for a breakthrough, Axios says, citing an unnamed Israeli official.
US special envoy to the Mideast Steve Witkoff left the country earlier today, though.
A foreign source familiar with the talks said that Qatari mediators are incredibly frustrated with the Israeli negotiating team’s conduct in the negotiations over the past few days.
“So far, this has been the worst round of negotiations. Nothing has been achieved. The impression has been that the Israelis came to Doha to derail the talks and find justification for [expanding] the war in Gaza,” the source tells Axios.
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