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Report: Mossad chief and Qatari prime minister expected to meet in Norway | Israel Hayom

12/16/2023, 1:19:37 PM

Highlights: Mossad chief David Barnea due to meet Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed Abdelrahman al-Thani in Norway today. This is the first meeting between senior Israeli and Qatari officials in two weeks. According to the report, there are significant difficulties in formulating a new deal for the release of hostages. US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said yesterday that he had spoken with Barnea the day before about "progress towards therelease of all hostages," adding: "I am neither optimistic nor pessimistic about more releases soon"


Wall Street Journal: This is the first meeting between senior Israeli and Qatari officials in two weeks • "These are only exploratory activities, there are significant difficulties"

Mossad chief David Barnea is due to meet Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed Abdelrahman al-Thani in Norway today to resume talks on the release of the hostages in Gaza, The Wall Street Journal reports.

Representatives of the families of the abductees met with President Biden at the White House | Reuters

Sources with whom the newspaper's reporters spoke described the talks as exploratory. According to them, Barnea was also expected to meet with Egyptian representatives.

According to the report, there are significant difficulties in formulating a new deal for the release of hostages.

Sullivan. "Neither pessimistic nor optimistic," Photo: Reuters

US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said yesterday that he had spoken with Barnea the day before about "progress towards the release of all hostages," adding: "I am neither optimistic nor pessimistic about more releases soon."

Today's meeting between an Israeli representative and a Qatari representative will be the first in two weeks since Hamas did not transfer the last group of abductees and children in its custody.

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