The head of the CIA will negotiate in Europe for a cease-fire in Gaza

The CIA director will meet in Europe with his Israeli and Egyptian counterparts, as well as Qatar's prime minister, to negotiate a truce and the release of hostages in the war between Israel and Hamas, US media reported late on January 25.
William Burns will make the trip in the next few days, The Washington Post and Axios reported, which did not specify the location of the talks.
Both the US intelligence agency and the White House declined to confirm the trip.
However, White House national security spokesman John Kirby recalled that Burns had already participated in negotiations on the previous hostage agreement in late November and indicated that he would participate in efforts to negotiate another one.
The November hostage and prisoner swap came during a week-long truce in which Hamas released about 100 people in exchange for 240 Palestinian prisoners held in Israel.
Qatar, Egypt and the United States are trying to negotiate a new truce, and US President Joe Biden's Middle East envoy Brett McGurk is already in the region for talks.
According to Axios, Israel has offered Hamas a two-month pause in fighting in Gaza in exchange for the release of all hostages.
According to the Israeli authorities, there are still 132 hostages in the Gaza Strip, and 28 of them are presumed dead./BGNES