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Top security officials arrive in Cairo for hostage-truce deal talks — report
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Ronen Bar (left), head of the Shin Bet security services, speaks with Mossad chief David Barnea during the annual Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum, Jerusalem, May 5, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
A high-level Israeli delegation has arrived in Cairo for talks on reaching a hostage-truce deal, the Walla news site reports, citing two sources with knowledge of the details.
Mossad spy agency chief David Barnea, Shin Bet security agency head Ronen Bar, and Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories COGAT Ghassan Alian are set to hold meetings with Egyptian Intelligence head Abbas Kamel and senior Egyptian military officials, the sources say.
Discussions will focus on the release of hostages, as well as security issues regarding the Egypt-Gaza border.
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