CIA director seeks restart on Hamas-Israel hostage talks

CIA Director William Burns met with the director of Israel's Mossad and Qatari officials in Warsaw about restarting negotiations on freeing hostages from Hamas, Axios reported.

More than 100 people have been held by Hamas since the Oct. 7 attack by the group on Israel.

Israel and Hamas stopped fighting in November as the two sides exchanged prisoners, which led to the release of 105 hostages held by Hamas and approximately 240 Palestinian prisoners held by Israel.

A cease-fire was recognized during the hostage releases, and the cease fire was extended as the two sides negotiated subsequent........

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