Upon Barnea’s return from Doha, PM agrees to dispatch negotiating team for follow-up talks next week

Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief

Demonstrators call for the release of Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip, outside Hakirya Base in Tel Aviv, July 3, 2024 (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
Demonstrators call for the release of Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip, outside Hakirya Base in Tel Aviv, July 3, 2024 (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed to dispatch an Israeli negotiating team for follow-up discussions next week in Qatar after today’s meeting between Mossad chief David Barnea and Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed Abdulrahman Al Thani in Doha, the premier’s office says.

The statement stresses that “gaps between the parties” remain.

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