Israel’s War Cabinet reportedly approved sending negotiators to Qatar to negotiate ceasefire
Learn more about Israel’s wartime cabinet’s approval to send negotiators to Qatar for further ceasefire talks.
Negotiators held secret talks in Paris over the weekend, with the head of Israel’s foreign intelligence agency Mossad and the head of its domestic security agency Shin Bet meeting with mediators from the United States, Egypt and Qatar.
Agence France-Presse reported that the national security adviser said: Tsachi Hanegbi “The delegation has returned from Paris. There is probably room to move towards an agreement,” he said in a television interview on Saturday evening.
He added shortly before the meeting that negotiators had asked to meet with ministers “to promptly report on the outcome of the Paris summit.”
Israeli media then reported that the talks had concluded and that ministers would call a delegation within days to continue weeks of ceasefire negotiations, including the release of hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners being held by Israel. It was reported that they had agreed to send him to Qatar.
Hanegbi said in an interview on Saturday that Israel wanted to release all the hostages taken in the Oct. 7 attack, including the women, but added that “such an agreement would mean an end to the war.” It’s not,” he added.
He also indicated that Israel would not accept any agreement between the United States and Saudi Arabia on a Palestinian state.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement that he would discuss “the next steps in negotiations” at Saturday’s Cabinet meeting.
The prime minister also reaffirmed his goal to deploy troops in Rafah, south of Gaza, despite widespread concerns about the impact on hundreds of thousands of civilians who have fled to avoid shelling.
Pressure on Netanyahu’s government to agree to release the hostages has steadily increased, with thousands of people gathering in what has become known as Tel Aviv’s “Hostage Square” on Saturday, demanding swift action.
“We are always thinking about them (the hostages) and want them to come back alive as soon as possible,” said Orna Tal, whose close friend Tzachi Idan was kidnapped from Kibbutz Nahal Oz. said.
“We will protest again and again until they come back,” she told AFP.
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Negotiators held secretive talks over the weekend in Paris, where the head of Israel’s overseas intelligence service Mossad and his counterpart at the domestic Shin Bet security service met with mediators from the US, Egypt and Qatar.
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Agence France-Presse reports that national security adviser Tzachi Hanegbi said in a televised interview Saturday evening that the “delegation has returned from Paris – there is probably room to move towards an agreement”.
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The negotiators had asked to speak to the cabinet “to bring us up to speed on the results of the Paris summit”, he added shortly before the meeting.
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Israeli media later reported that the meeting had concluded, with the cabinet agreeing to send a delegation to Qatar in the coming days to continue negotiations on a weeks-long truce involving the release of hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners held in Israel.
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In his interview on Saturday, Hanegbi said Israel wanted the release of all hostages seized in the 7 October attacks, starting with the women, but added: “Such an agreement does not mean the end of the war.”
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He also indicated that Israel would not accept any deal between the US and Saudi Arabia for a Palestinian state.
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Netanyahu said in a statement that Saturday’s cabinet meeting would discuss “next steps in the negotiations”.
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He also reaffirmed his aim for troops to go into Rafah in southern Gaza, despite widespread concern about the impact on hundreds of thousands of civilians who have fled there to avoid bombardments.
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Pressure has steadily mounted on Netanyahu’s government to strike a deal to free the hostages, with thousands gathering in Tel Aviv Saturday at what has come to be known as “Hostages Square” to demand swifter action.
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“We think about them (the hostages) all the time and want them back alive as soon as possible,” said Orna Tal, whose close friend Tsachi Idan was kidnapped from the Nahal Oz kibbutz.
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“We’ll protest again and again until they’re back,” she told AFP.
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We are restarting our live coverage of Israel’s war in Gaza and the wider Middle East crisis.
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Israel’s war cabinet approved on Saturday to send negotiators to Qatar to continue talks aimed at securing a ceasefire in the war and the return of hostages being held in Gaza, officials and local media said, according to Agence France-Presse.
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An Israeli delegation had briefed the cabinet after meeting mediators from the United States, Egypt and Qatar in Paris.
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National security adviser Tzachi Hanegbi said in a televised interview that the “delegation has returned from Paris – there is probably room to move towards an agreement”.
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Israeli media later reported that the cabinet agreed to send a delegation to Qatar in the coming days to continue negotiations on a weeks-long truce.
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More on that story shortly. Here is a recap of some of the other latest developments:
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Israel’s spy chief was in Paris earlier for talks seeking to “unblock” progress towards a truce and the return of hostages held by Palestinian militants. The Israeli delegation, which includes the heads of its internal and external intelligence services, met the director of the CIA, Qatar’s prime minister and Egypt’s most senior intelligence official for talks over the weekend in what appeared to be the most serious push for weeks to halt the fighting. According to the Times of Israel, an “outline of an agreement” has been reached in talks in Paris this weekend but no official confirmation or further details have yet been shared.
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The negotiations came after a plan for a postwar Gaza unveiled by the Israeli prime minister drew criticism from key ally the US and was rejected by the Palestinian Authority and Hamas on Friday.
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More than 100 people were reported killed in overnight strikes across Gaza. The Gaza health ministry also said dozens of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip had been killed in the latest Israeli strikes on Saturday.
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Hamas said on Saturday that Israeli forces had launched more than 70 strikes on civilian homes in cities including Deir al-Balah, Khan Younis and Rafah over the previous 24 hours. Hamas said fighting was raging in the northern Gaza district of Zeitun.
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Israel’s military said it was “intensifying the operations” in western Khan Younis using tanks, close-range fire and aircraft. “The soldiers raided the residence of a senior military intelligence operative” in the area and destroyed a tunnel shaft, a military statement said.
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The US and UK carried out strikes against 18 Houthi targets including underground weapons and missile storage facilities in Yemen on Saturday in the latest round of military action against the Iran-linked group that continues to attack shipping in the region.
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Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, said on Saturday that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians, doubling down after stirring controversy a week earlier by comparing Israel’s military offensive in Gaza to the Nazi Holocaust. Lula wrote on X that he would not give up his “dignity for falsehood”, an apparent reference to calls for him to retract his comments. In response to Lula’s initial comments last week, Israel declared him a persona non grata, summoned Brazil’s ambassador and demanded an apology.
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Fears for civilians in Gaza are deepening, with the UN warning of the growing risk of famine. Its main aid body for Palestinians, UNWRA, said early on Saturday that Palestinians were “in extreme peril while the world watches on”. AFP footage showed distraught Palestinians queueing for food in the territory’s devastated north on Friday and staging a protest decrying their living conditions.
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The UN agency in charge of Palestinian affairs (UNRWA) said it has been forced to pause aid deliveries to northern Gaza – where it is not “possible to conduct proper humanitarian operations” – amid increasing reports of famine among people in the area. “The desperate behaviour of hungry and exhausted people is preventing the safe and regular passage of our trucks,” said Tamara Alrifai, director of external relations for UNRWA. She added that she was “very wary of how to explain this so as not to make it sound like we are blaming people or describing these things as criminal acts”.
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The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said on Saturday that its ambulance teams had, for the fourth time, carried out an evacuation mission from Nasser hospital after it went out of service, in coordination with Ocha. The PRCS said four ambulance vehicles evacuated 18 injured people, including two newborns who had lost their mothers.
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Negotiators met to discuss a temporary halt to the fighting, as well as the release of the remaining 136 hostages held by the Palestinian militant group Hamas and other groups.
Prime Minister of Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahuhas vowed to fight until “total victory” but is under intense pressure domestically to reach an agreement with Hamas to free the hostages.
Police used water cannon to disperse anti-government protesters in Tel Aviv on Saturday night, and 18 people were arrested, according to the Associated Press. Some people also protested in Jerusalem.
With the X updatethe Israel Defense Forces (IDF) wrote that Israeli soldiers were engaged in combat in the west. khan younisand said that in the past day, “militants have arrested a number of terrorists who attempted to flee under public protection.”
Israeli forces also said they had killed a number of “terrorists” and found weapons in the area.
According to the IDF, soldiers from the Ghibati brigade found weapons including sniper weapons, Kalashnikov-style rifles, grenades and cartridges during the raid.
“The Gaza Strip military identified a terrorist organization operating a drone in the Shati Strip, and air force aircraft attacked and eliminated the organization,” the Israel Defense Forces wrote.
“On the last day, the air force carried out several attacks in the Gaza Strip, attacking the Hamas air force. Among the targets attacked were a number of launch points designated for launching rockets into Israeli territory. Ta.”
Israel’s War Cabinet reportedly approved sending negotiators to Qatar to negotiate ceasefire
Learn more about Israel’s wartime cabinet’s approval to send negotiators to Qatar for further ceasefire talks.
Negotiators held secret talks in Paris over the weekend, with the head of Israel’s foreign intelligence agency Mossad and the head of its domestic security agency Shin Bet meeting with mediators from the United States, Egypt and Qatar.
Agence France-Presse reported that the national security adviser said: Tsachi Hanegbi “The delegation has returned from Paris. There is probably room to move towards an agreement,” he said in a television interview on Saturday evening.
He added shortly before the meeting that negotiators had asked to meet with ministers “to promptly report on the outcome of the Paris summit.”
Israeli media then reported that the talks had concluded and that ministers would call a delegation within days to continue weeks of ceasefire negotiations, including the release of hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners being held by Israel. It was reported that they had agreed to send him to Qatar.
Hanegbi said in an interview on Saturday that Israel wanted to release all the hostages taken in the Oct. 7 attack, including the women, but added that “such an agreement would mean an end to the war.” It’s not,” he added.
He also indicated that Israel would not accept any agreement between the United States and Saudi Arabia on a Palestinian state.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement that he would discuss “the next steps in negotiations” at Saturday’s Cabinet meeting.
The prime minister also reaffirmed his aim to deploy troops in Rafah, south of Gaza, despite widespread concerns about the impact on hundreds of thousands of civilians who have fled to avoid shelling.
Pressure on Netanyahu’s government to agree to release the hostages has steadily increased, with thousands of people gathering in what has become known as Tel Aviv’s “Hostage Square” on Saturday, demanding swift action.
“We are always thinking about them (the hostages) and want them to come back alive as soon as possible,” said Orna Tal, whose close friend Tzachi Idan was kidnapped from Kibbutz Nahal Oz. said.
“We will protest again and again until they come back,” she told AFP.
Opening overview
We are resuming live coverage of the Israeli war in Gaza and the wider Middle East crisis.
Israel’s war cabinet on Saturday approved sending negotiators to Qatar to continue talks aimed at securing a ceasefire in the war and the return of hostages held in the Gaza Strip, Agence France-Presse reported. This was reported by officials and local media.
The Israeli delegation briefed ministers after meeting with mediators from the United States, Egypt and Qatar in Paris.
“The delegation has returned from Paris, and there is probably room to move towards an agreement,” National Security Adviser Tsachi Hanegbi said in a television interview.
Israeli media later reported that the cabinet had agreed to send a delegation to Qatar in the coming days to continue weeks of ceasefire negotiations.
More on this story later. Some of the other latest developments are summarized below.
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Israel’s spy chief had earlier traveled to Paris for talks to “unblock” progress towards a ceasefire and the return of hostages by Palestinian militants. An Israeli delegation, including heads of domestic and foreign intelligence agencies, met with the CIA director, Qatari prime minister and top Egyptian intelligence officials over the weekend in what appears to be the most serious effort to halt military operations in recent weeks. Fight.by era of israelreached an “outline agreement” in talks in Paris this weekend, but no formal confirmation or further details have yet been shared.
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The negotiations began after a postwar Gaza plan announced by Israel’s prime minister drew criticism from its main ally, the United States. And on Friday, it was rejected by the Palestinian Authority and Hamas.
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More than 100 people were reported killed in overnight attacks across Gaza. The Gaza Ministry of Health also announced that dozens of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip were killed in recent Israeli airstrikes on Saturday.
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Hamas announced on Saturday that Israeli forces had carried out more than 70 attacks on civilian homes. It occurred in cities such as Deir Al-Balah, Khan Younis and Rafah in the past 24 hours. Hamas said fighting was intensifying in Gaza’s Zeitoun district in northern Gaza.
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Israeli military says it is “intensifying operations” in western Khan Yunis Use tanks, close-range fire, and aircraft. A military statement said “soldiers raided the residence of a senior military intelligence officer in the area” and destroyed the tunnel shaft.
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US and UK carry out airstrikes against 18 Houthi targets The latest military action against Iran-linked groups, which continue to attack ships in the region, involved Yemen’s underground weapons and missile storage facilities on Saturday.
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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Saturday that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians., doubled down a week ago after controversially comparing Israel’s military offensive in Gaza to the Nazi Holocaust. Lula wrote to X that she would not give up her “dignity for falsehoods,” an apparent reference to her request for him to retract his statements. In response to Lula’s initial comments last week, Israel declared him a character and summoned Brazil’s ambassador to demand an apology.
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Fear deepens for civilians in Gaza, UN warns of rising risk of famine. UNWRA, the main aid agency for the Palestinians, said early Saturday that the Palestinians were “in extreme danger as the world watches.” AFP footage showed distraught Palestinians lining up for food and protesting in the devastated northern part of the territory on Friday, denouncing living conditions.
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The United Nations agency responsible for Palestinian affairs (UNRWA) announced that it had been forced to temporarily suspend aid shipments to northern Gaza. – It is “impossible to carry out adequate humanitarian action” amid increasing reports of hunger among people in the region. Tamara Al-Rifai, UNRWA’s director of external relations, said: “The desperate actions of hungry and exhausted people are preventing safe and regular truck traffic.” She added, “We’re being very careful about how we describe this so that it doesn’t sound like we’re blaming people or describing these things as criminal acts.”
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The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) announced on Saturday that its ambulance team carried out the fourth evacuation mission from Nasser Hospital after it was closed., works with tea. PRCS said four ambulances rescued 18 injured people, including two newborn babies who lost their mothers.
