President Biden plans to send CIA Director Bill Burns to meet with Qatari, Egyptian and Israeli negotiators to help broker a deal that would see Hamas release all its hostages in exchange for a cease-fire in Gaza, officials said.
President Biden plans to send CIA Director Bill Burns to meet with Qatari, Egyptian and Israeli negotiators to help broker a deal that would see Hamas release all its hostages in exchange for a cease-fire in Gaza, officials said.
Burns is expected to go to Europe in the coming days to meet with Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, Israel’s Mossad Director David Barnea and Egyptian Intelligence Director Abbas Kamel, sources familiar with the plans told the .
Qatar and Egypt have been leading the talks, which remain at a stand-still with Israel and Hamas refusing to accept the other’s condition for a temporary truce and hostage exchange.
Burns is expected to help push the talks along as the US has remained an active member on the negotiation table, with the negotiators expected to “exert joint pressure on Hamas,” an senior Israeli official told .
