Tel Aviv and Washington in search of another agreement with Hamas
At the same time as US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan's visit to Tel Aviv, the Hebrew media announced today, Friday, December 15, that the agreement with Hamas for the exchange of prisoners is one of the subjects of his consultations with the Israeli authorities. |
According to the report of the international group of Fars news agency, Israeli TV channel 13 announced that last Thursday, Sullivan met with the head of Mossad’s foreign intelligence department, David Barnia, about the beginning of negotiations for the release of the detainees in Bar. Gaza has discussed.
A source familiar with the Israeli authorities told this Hebrew media that Tel Aviv Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave Barnia “full authority” to on the issue of “returning the prisoners to their country” as he sees fit.
On the other hand, one of the leaders of the Hamas movement, Osama Hamdan, emphasized that the battalions al-Qassam have fulfilled their promise and turned Gaza into a cemetery for Zionist soldiers; Netanyahu and his war cabinet have no choice but to declare their defeat.” The complete attack on Gaza and the acceptance of our conditions regarding the exchange of prisoners will be negotiated.” In his meeting with Netanyahu’s war cabinet, Sullivan said that it is necessary to “transition to a milder phase of the war within the next few weeks, not the next few months”.
A senior American official in Additional notes reveal that “Jake Sullivan made it clear to [Israeli officials] that the war needed to transition from a heavy-duty phase to a milder phase within weeks, not months. This is not a deadline and we understand that the operation must continue and will continue but with less intensity.”
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