CIA chief Bill Burns will meet Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani and the head of Israel's Mossad spy agency in Warsaw on Monday.
CIA Director Bill Burns, Reuters/Elizabeth Frantz
CIA chief Bill Burns will meet Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani and the head of Israel's Mossad spy agency in Warsaw on Monday to discuss a potential new deal to secure the release of Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza, a U.S. official told Reuters.
Earlier, the Axios news website had reported the meeting would take place, citing two U.S. and Israeli officials.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared to confirm on Saturday that new negotiations were under way to recover hostages held by Hamas after a source said Israel's intelligence chief met the prime minister of Qatar, a country mediating in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
A source with knowledge of the matter said that Mossad head David Barnea met Al Thani in Europe late on Friday.
Reporting by Maria Ponnezhath in Bengaluru, Alan Charlish in Warsaw; Editing by Alison Williams and Angus MacSwan
Former Israeli military chief Gadi Eisenkot said on Monday he will work to form a wide government as quickly as possible, but his path to power was uncertain following a deadlocked election that failed to dislodge Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Israeli President Isaac Herzog formally tasked opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot on Sunday with forming the next government.
Israel's president on Saturday chose Gadi Eisenkot, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's strongest rival, to try to form a new government following a deadlocked election that left neither man with a clear path to power.
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