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DUBAI: David Barnea, director of Israeli intelligence agency Mossad, is expected to meet Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani in Europe this weekend, news platform Axios reported.
They will discuss resuming negotiations on securing the release of the Israeli hostages still held by Hamas, Axios said.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stopped Barnea from traveling to Qatar for that purpose earlier this week, but Axios reported that Netanyahu had since changed his mind.
On Friday, Israel said its troops had mistakenly killed three hostages, expressing “deep remorse” over a “tragic incident” that sparked protests in Tel Aviv.
The Israeli military said Yotam Haim, Alon Shamriz and Samer El-Talalqa were shot during operations in a neighborhood of Gaza City. The trio were among those kidnapped during the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel.
Netanyahu described the death of the three hostages as an “unbearable tragedy,” while the White House called the incident a “tragic mistake.”
Hundreds of protesters gathered at Israel’s Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv, waving Israeli flags and holding placards with the faces of some of the hostages still held in Gaza. “Every day, a hostage dies,” read one of the placards.