On Sunday, Israel officially announced the conclusion of high-level discussions in Paris involving top officials from the United States, Qatar, Egypt, and Israel.
The focus of these talks was to negotiate a ceasefire in the ongoing genocide in Gaza. The Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu’s office, described the meeting as “constructive,” but acknowledged that there are still “significant gaps” in reaching a resolution.
The statement emphasised that these gaps will be the subject of further discussions later in the week.
The intelligence summit in Paris included key figures such as the director of the US Central Intelligence Agency, the Qatari prime minister, and the Egyptian intelligence minister.
Leading the Israeli delegation were David Barnea, chief of the Mossad intelligence agency, and Ronen Bar, head of the Shin Bet internal security agency. The primary objective of the meeting was to work towards a comprehensive agreement to end the conflict between Israel and the Hamas movement.
Netanyahu has consistently stated that his government will not agree to a ceasefire deal as long as Hamas remains in power in Gaza. The Israeli military’s current escalation in the Palestinian enclave is explicitly aimed at “eliminating” Hamas.
The genocide initiated when Israel retaliated to decades-long occupational crimes against Palestinians on
The ongoing conflict has taken a severe toll, with the Palestinian death toll in Gaza reported at 26,422, and the number of injuries rising to 65,087, according to the Gaza-based Health Ministry’s latest update on Sunday. The situation remains complex, and international efforts continue to bridge the gaps and bring about a lasting resolution.
