IDF strikes launcher * US signals backing for Israeli forces staying in 5 southern Lebanon posts after Feb. 18 * Hamas set to ...

Towing the line between diplomat and intelligence agent, Burns's trips to the region are shrouded under a cloak of mystery. CIA Director William J. Burns departs a classified briefing with members ...

DOHA: The recent announcement of a ceasefire agreement in Gaza, which will take effect today, has been widely welcomed by diplomats in Qatar, with several Ambassadors acknowledging the significant ...

Israel and Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire to end the 15-month-long conflict in Gaza. On Wednesday ... him respect from leaders in Qatar, Egyptian officials, CIA chief, and Israeli Prime Minister ...

Doha, Qatar: Several Ambassadors to Qatar have expressed strong support for the ceasefire agreement in Gaza, brokered through joint mediation by Qatar, Egypt and the United States. The agreement ...

Nitzan Alon; and even former Mossad chief Yossi Cohen ... by the primary players, from Qatar’s leaders and intelligence officials to Egypt’s leaders to CIA Chief William Burns and of course ...

This includes a team from the CIA ... Gaza. Hamas said that many Israeli captives have been killed in indiscriminate Israeli airstrikes. The prisoner swap and cease-fire talks, mediated by Qatar ...

Billionaire Steve Witkoff, nominated by US President-elect Donald Trump as the Middle East envoy, has been central to the high-stakes ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas. With blunt diplomacy and ...

and is engaging in negotiations with Qatar and Turkey on the matter. The list of living hostages to be released is still under negotiation, as are the unpopulated areas to which the IDF would withdraw ...

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is sending the director of the Mossad foreign intelligence agency to ceasefire negotiations in Qatar, his office said ...

Israel’s decision to involve Mossad chief David Barnea in the Qatar negotiations is seen as a major development in the prolonged Gaza war. The high-level participation suggests Israel may be ...