IsraelNetanyahu: Start of further ceasefire talks on Monday
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1.2.2025 - 21:42
ARCHIVE - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a press conference in Jerusalem in December 2024. Photo: Maya Alleruzzo/AP/dpa
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According to Israel, negotiations on the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire are to begin in Washington on Monday. The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that he had reached an agreement with US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff. Netanyahu and Witkoff planned to meet in Washington on Monday to discuss Israel's negotiating positions.
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01.02.2025, 21:42
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Witkoff will then speak with Qatar's Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani and senior Egyptian representatives later in the week. Afterwards, US President Donald Trump's special envoy will speak again with Netanyahu "about steps to advance the negotiations, including dates for delegations to leave for the talks".
The current six-week ceasefire in the Gaza war between Israel and the Islamist Hamas was achieved with the help of negotiators from the USA, Qatar and Egypt. Israel and Hamas had agreed during the indirect talks that they would begin negotiations on a permanent end to the war and the release of all hostages still alive on the 16th day of the ceasefire, i.e. on Monday.