War cabinet votes to send delegation to Qatar for additional hostage talks

Israel’s war cabinet has voted to send a delegation to Qatar for additional talks on a potential hostage deal with Hamas, according to Hebrew media outlets.

Citing unnamed Israeli sources, Barak Ravid of Axios says the Israeli delegation will have “a limited mandate” and the talks will focus on the technical aspects of a potential deal.

The Israeli war cabinet decided to send a delegation to Doha in the coming days for follow up talks on the humanitarian aspects of the hostage deal, a source familiar with the issue told me. He said the talks will be technical & the Israeli delegation will have a limited mandate

— Barak Ravid (@BarakRavid) February 24, 2024