It’s just been reported this morning by a Reuters correspondent that the directors of both the CIA and the Mossad are in Doha today negotiating the release of the hostages and a pause in the fighting.

It was reported by Idrees Ali, who is a National Security Correspondent for Reuters:

Another source added a bit more (translated by Google):

???? A tripartite meeting between the Director of the CIA, the head of the Israeli Intelligence Service (Mossad), and the Qatari Prime Minister was held today in Doha, according to Reuters, citing an informed source.

???? The meeting was to discuss the parameters of an agreement to release the hostages, reach a truce in Gaza, and allow the entry of fuel into the Strip for humanitarian purposes.

???? The source said that the advantage of the tripartite meeting is to bring the three parties together at one table at the same time, to speed up the process.

I sincerely hope that Israel doesn’t change its mind about a ceasefire in Gaza. I truly don’t believe Hamas will release all the hostages, but will keep trickling them out in exchange for this or for that. The need these hostages for international leverage. No, I believe these hostages will have to be rescued by the IDF and that should be the main goal right now, apart from exterminating Hamas.

Lastly, I’ll point out that Al Jazeera posted in Arabic that the Hamas Chief is in Cairo today discussing the war in Gaza:

“Urgent | Hamas: The head of the movement’s political bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, met in Cairo with the head of Egyptian intelligence, and they discussed the current situation in the #Gaza Strip #”

I know El-Sisi’s government isn’t a friend to the Muslim Brotherhood so I wouldn’t expect too much from this meeting.