from Daily Sabah
The top U.S. intelligence chief William Burns and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu talked about "pausing" the country's ongoing invasion of Rafah in Gaza, amid global outcry about Tel Aviv's monthslong violations of international law.
Netanyahu and the U.S. spy chief, who has been involved in mediation efforts in the Israel-Hamas war, met in Jerusalem as part of Washington's latest efforts to secure a truce in the Gaza Strip.
"The two discussed the possibility of Israel pausing the operation in Rafah in exchange for hostage release," the Israeli official told AFP on condition of anonymity.
The meeting came as truce negotiations resumed in Cairo, after Hamas on Monday announced it had accepted a cease-fire proposal from mediators Egypt and Qatar.
Israel has defied international objections and sent tanks into Rafah, the Hamas-ruled territory's southernmost city on the Egyptian border which is packed with Palestinian civilians sheltering...
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