Israel’s chief of its Mossad intelligence agency David Barnea, and U.S Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns met with Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman al-Thani in Qatar on Tuesday to discuss “[building] on the progress of the extended humanitarian pause agreement and to initiate further discussions about the next phase of a potential deal,” according to a source familiar with the deal.
Reports on the visit emerged the day after the announcement that the truce between Israel-Hamas, which began on Friday, would be extended by two days.
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The outcome of the meetings has not been publicly commented upon however a U.S. official familiar with the negotiations, who spoke to the press on the condition of anonymity, said that the visit “included discussions on hostages.”
Both Barnea and Burns also met with the Qatari PM on November 9.