JERUSALEM: Controlled conversations between Israel and Hamas to reach a package to free Jewish hostages held in the Gaza Strip are expected to resume next year, an established with knowledge of the matter said on Saturday.
The decision to resume the talks, said the source, who declined to be identified by name or citizenship given the sensitivity of the matter, came after the mind of Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency met with the mind of the CIA and the prime minister of Qatar, which has been a negotiator.
” At the end of the meeting, it was decided that in the coming week negotiations will open based on new proposals led by the mediators, Egypt and Qatar and with active US involvement,” the source said.
