DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is sending the director of the Mossad foreign intelligence agency to ceasefire negotiations in Qatar in a sign of progress in talks on the war in Gaza. It wasn’t immediately clear on Saturday when David Barnea would travel to Qatar’s capital for the latest round of indirect talks between Israel and the Hamas militant group. But there is U.S. pressure for a deal before the presidential inauguration on Jan. 20. Just one brief ceasefire has been achieved in 15 months of war, and that was in the early weeks of fighting.
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