He announced that indirect negotiations with the second phase of their ceasefire agreement would resume, as planned, on Monday (03/02/2025) in Washington. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Steve Whitkov, Donald Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East, discussed today and agreed that talks on Hamas would begin “at their meeting Monday in Washington”. CORVERSE The American will then discuss within the week with Qatar’s prime minister and high-ranking Egyptian officials, added to the announcement. Benjamin Netanyahu will depart tomorrow, Sunday (02/02/2025) for Washington, where on Tuesday (04/02/2025) he will become the first foreign leader to meet Donald Trump after his inauguration. With a duration of six weeks, the first phase of the truce came into force on 19 January and was to allow the release of 33 Israeli hostages detained in Gaza in exchange for the release of more than 1,900 Palestinians imprisoned in Israel. The second phase aims to release the last hostages and the final end of the war. A third phase is expected to allow the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip and set a model of governance for this Palestinian territory.
Israel: Negotiations with Hamas Will Repeat in Washington · Global Voices
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