The delegation was set to be led by Mossad chief David Barnea and Shin Bet director Ronen Bar, an Israeli official told The Times of Israel, with the US pressing Israel to smother any bombastic rhetoric and make a public show of support for the talks.
The Israeli team will be in Cairo a day after a delegation from the Hamas terror group traveled there to be updated by Egyptian and Qatari officials, following two weeks of talks between Israeli negotiators and mediators from the US, Egypt and Qatar aimed at bridging remaining gaps in a ceasefire-for-hostages deal.
Talks have largely centered on Israeli demands regarding a military presence along Gaza’s border with Egypt, known as the Philadelphi Corridor, to prevent smuggling. Both Egypt and Hamas reject an Israeli presence along the border.
According to the Israeli official, the US is applying significant pressure on Israel to wrap up a deal in order to prevent a larger war from breaking out across the region. READ MORE
