The developments in the Middle East are rapid, as, as everything shows, a new involvement has occurred in the Israel-Hamas negotiations for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.

THE Israeli intelligence agency Mossad announced on Saturday that its negotiating team in Qatar had been ordered back to Israel as talks to extend the truce reached an “impasse”. The Mossad denounces Hamas that he did not keep the agreed terms.

“After the deadlock in negotiations and the directive given by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Mossad director David Barnea ordered his team in Doha to return to Israel. The terrorist organization Hamas she didn’t keep her end of the bargain, which included the release of all children and women according to a list given to and approved by Hamas.”

Barnea and Netanyahu / GPO

The Mossad director thanked the CIA director, Egypt’s intelligence minister and Qatar’s prime minister for their involvement in the extensive mediation efforts that led to the release, the statement said. 84 children and women from the Gaza Strip, along with 24 foreign nationals.

Earlier the Times of Israel reported that according to Reuters sources, an Israeli delegation visited Qatar this morning for talks aiming for a new truce.

“The talks are considering Hamas releasing additional hostages, possibly elderly men, in exchange for the release of further Israeli prisoners and a new cessation of hostilities,” the report said.

For his part, the French president Emmanuel Macron called for intensified efforts to achieve a ceasefire in Gaza.