The United States has a conversation with Hamas about the hostages held in Gaza, the White House confirmed.
Washington has avoided participation directly with the group so far, and has a long US policy on direct contact with an organization listed with terrorist organizations.
White House reporter Karoline Leavitt told reporters in a briefing that Israel was consulted before the talks.
Palestinian sources told the BBC.
Conversation It was first reported by AXIOSThe two sides said in Qatar that they are meeting to discuss a wider deal to the release and war of American hostages.
“First of all, about the negotiations you mention, the special envoy in the negotiations has authority.”
The work of Adam Boehler, a special envoy to hostage, said to reporters, “a good faith for Americans to do the right thing.”
Trump believed that he worked for the best interests of the American people, Leavitt said.
Israel believes that 59 hostages are still held in Gaza and up to 24 are alive. American citizens are also one of the prisoners.
Defense Minister of Defense in the Middle East said it should be “more active” for the United States to regain citizens.
“If you are not strictly adjusted, you can complicate the ability of Israel to reconstruct citizens if not strictly adjusted.”
The Israeli Secretariat said in a statement that he expressed his position in relation to the talks directly, but did not provide any more information.
According to the report, BOEHLER has met Hamas representatives in Doha, the capital of Qatar, in recent weeks.
Since 2012, Hamas has a base at Doha at the request of the Obama administration.
Small but influential Gulf State is the main allies of the United States in the region. It hosted major US aircraft base and handled many delicate political negotiations, including Iran, Taliban and Russia.
Qatar, along with the United States and Egypt, played an important role in the dialogue between the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
A US official said that the White House’s Priest Steve Witkoff has canceled Doha visit to discuss negotiations with Qatar on Tuesday to cancel his visit to Doha.
Anonymous sources said that the discussion of the remaining hostages between the United States and Hamas on the US -based news site and reaching a long -term ceasefire has not yet reached its transaction.
Additional Report of Bernd Debusmann
