CIA chief Bill Burns is expected to arrive in Paris on Friday for a meeting with senior officials from Qatar, Egypt and Israel. The Biden administration wants to try to secure a deal for the release of the hostages before Ramadan, which begins on March 10.
Netanyahu has not yet decided on the departure of an Israeli delegation, but there is a high probability that it will happen. Hamas delegation led by the head of the Political Bureau, Ismail Haniya, arrived in Cairo on Tuesday for talks with senior Egyptian intelligence officials.