Mossad boss travels to the hosts of hostages in Qatar

Mandatory east

Report: Mossad boss travels for hostage talks to Qatar

The head of Israel’s secret service is intended to drive the release of the kidnapped. If there is no progress soon, the fights in Gaza could be expanded, the military threatens.

According to media reports, the head of the Israeli foreign intelligence agency Mossad has traveled to Qatar for negotiations on the release of the hostages recorded in the Gaza Strip. David Barnea will come together with Prime Minister Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman al-Thani, reported the newspaper “Jerusalem Post”. The Israeli government wants to free ten hostages in exchange for a 45-day break. The Islamist Hamas, on the other hand, has made it clear not to agree to any temporary ceasefire, but only a final end of the war.

Barnea’s trip to Qatar could mean the return of the Mossad boss to the top of the Israeli negotiation team, reported the “Times of Israel”. Most recently, the Minister for Strategic Affairs, Ron Dermer, had the negotiations. However, relatives of hostages accused the close confidante of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to block an agreement and not to drive the talks enough.

Together with Egypt, Qatar conveys in the indirect conversations between Israel and Islamist Hamas about a new ceasefire and the release of the hostages captured in the Gaza Strip. According to Israeli information, there are currently 24 living hostages and 35 corpses of abducted in Gaza. The chief of staff of the Israeli armed forces, Ejal Zamir, has threatened with an expansion of the military operation in the coastal strip, should not soon be progressing in the return of the hostages.