Towing the line between diplomat and intelligence agent, Burns's trips to the region are shrouded under a cloak of mystery.
In a rare move hours after the cease-fire took effect, one senior Hamas official said the group wants to engage the new Trump administration.
Former CIA official says Israel-Hamas ceasefire ‘is actually quite a bad deal’
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Israeli negotiators head to Doha to try to seal Hamas hostage, cease-fire deal
Israel-Hamas ceasefire latest: Netanyahu says US will back return to war with only hours until Gaza ceasefire
Israel’s government voted in favour of the truce after the country’s security cabinet, chaired by Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, agreed to the ceasefire and hostage deal earlier on Friday. The vote is believed to have been 24 in favour and eight against early on Saturday morning local time.
A former CIA analyst charged with leaking highly classified ... how a hostage exchange and ceasefire between Israel and Hamas may be carried out and the terms upheld. Emily Harding of the Center ...
Former chief of staff at the CIA and Pentagon Jeremy Bash explains why separating hostages and releasing them at two different times as outlined in the ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel is not an ideal agreement.
The Times of Israel on MSN12d
CIA chief says hostage talks ‘quite serious’; White House: Deal possible by Jan. 20Washington optimistic on chances of closing agreement to release Israelis held by Hamas before end of Biden's term; Netanyahu huddles with security chiefs to discuss negotiations
Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff was briefed about the progress made in the Israel-Hamas mediation talks by Qatar which has been brokering the deal alongside Egypt and the United States
In an exit interview with NPR's , CIA Director William Burns says he still thinks "there's a chance" for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war.
The Texas Tribune on MSN7d
Former Texas congressman vows to keep politics out of CIA as directorWASHINGTON — Former Texas congressman John Ratcliffe, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the CIA, vowed to make the agency more muscular while keeping its work apolitical during his nomination hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday.
IDF announces four soldiers killed in northern Gaza • Hamas says Netanyahu has agreed to end the war •Hostage negotiations may conclude before Trump's inauguration | Page 2 of 2
Palestinian officials say the war in Gaza has killed more than 46,000 people, as some on both sides of the conflict hope for "help from Donald Trump."
Jeremy Bash joins The Weekend to weigh in on the the latest developments out the Middle East where three hostages were released by Hamas.
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