On January 12th, a senior Israeli official revealed that Steven Witkov, the incoming Middle East envoy appointed by US President elect Donald Trump, arrived in Israel on the 11th to urge Israel to reach a ceasefire agreement in Gaza before Trump takes office on January 20th. It is reported that during his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the 11th, Witkov conveyed Trump’s desire to reach a ceasefire agreement in Gaza before he was sworn in. Trump has previously stated that if the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) fails to release detainees before his inauguration as US President on January 20th, Hamas will “pay a painful price”. After meeting with Witkov, Netanyahu announced the dispatch of a high-level delegation led by the Director of the Israeli Intelligence and Special Services Agency (Mossad) to Qatar for negotiations. (CCTV News)
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