William Burns
The agreement would reportedly include the phased release of the 100 Israelis and foreign nationals in the hands of Hamas, of whom 64 are believed to be alive.
Bill Burns advanced a plan for a 28-day ceasefire in Gaza that includes the release of eight Israeli hostages and dozens of Palestinian prisoners.
Ninety percent of the proposed deal has been agreed on, but “the last 10% is the last 10% for a reason,” said William Burns.
The Hamas leader in Gaza is believed by U.S. intelligence to be hiding in the tunnels underneath Khan Younis.
CIA Director William Burns first met with Mossad head David Barnea.
William Burns is in Jerusalem after visiting Cairo and Doha in a last-ditch effort to salvage a truce agreement.
A senior Hamas official rejected reports of progress, saying Israel “did not respond to any of the terror group’s demands.”
The draft agreement would see a two-month pause in fighting in Gaza.
“The Washington Post” reported that William Burns is pushing for a new agreement to include male hostages and IDF personnel held in the Gaza Strip.
William Burns’s comments come just days after U.N. nuclear watchdog inspectors detected uranium enriched to 84 percent in the Islamic Republic.
P.A. leader Mahmoud Abbas tells CIA Director William Burns that condemning the recent terrorist attacks in Jerusalem would be “political suicide.”
The P.A. chief’s comments come after a Palestinian terrorist killed seven people at a synagogue in Jerusalem on International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
