CIA in secret hostage meeting - with Israel's spy chief
The head of the US intelligence service CIA has landed in Qatar on Tuesday for a secret meeting with the head of the Israeli intelligence service Mossad, three sources told the Washington Post. Qatar's prime minister is also expected to attend the meeting.
CIA director William Burns is said to want to see a development where Israel and Hamas agree that more hostages and imprisoned people are released. According to the sources, he will argue that men and military personnel should also be released. In addition, he wants the temporary truce to be extended by several days.
Burns will also push for the immediate release of the American citizens held hostage by Hamas.
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WHO: More Gazans may die from disease than from bombs
If the healthcare system in Gaza is not re-established, more people risk dying from disease in the long run than from bombings. That's what Margaret Harris, spokesperson for the World Health Organization WHO says.
Harris calls the collapse of care at the largest al-Shifa hospital "a tragedy" and expresses concern that health workers have been arrested by Israeli forces.
She also refers to a UN report on northern Gaza which stated that there is no medicine, that there is no vaccination and that there is a lack of drinking water, hygiene and food.
James Elder, spokesman for the United Nations children's fund Unicef in Gaza, says that hospitals are full of children with war injuries, but also that stomach diseases are widespread because the children have been drinking contaminated water.
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Ahed Tamimi may be released during extended combat break
Prominent
Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi's name is on the list of prisoners
that Israel late last night gave approval to release as part of the
extended ceasefire agreement. The Times of Israel reports.
22-year-old
Tamimi was arrested three weeks ago in the West Bank in connection with
Israel carrying out several raids that were motivated by the fight
against terrorism. The sweeping nature of the raids has been criticized by human rights groups.
The
New York Times reported as recently as yesterday that Tamini has not
been allowed to see her lawyer or her family in recent weeks, and that
she faces indefinite jail time without formal charges or a trial.
Tamimi became a symbol of the Palestinian resistance after she struck an Israeli soldier as a 16-year-old. The Israeli military has stated that this time she wrote a hateful post directed at Jews, something that has not been confirmed.
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