Top White House envoy Steve Witkoff will meet Friday in Miami with senior Qatari, Egyptian, and Turkish officials to discuss phase two of the Gaza ceasefire, a White House official told The Times of Israel, confirming a report in the Axios news site.

The four countries believe that both Israel and Hamas are dragging their feet to avoid implementing the deal’s second phase, and are eager to decide on a joint approach for getting both sides to move forward, according to the report.

The meeting, the highest-level gathering of mediators since the Gaza ceasefire went into effect in October, will be attended by Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman al-Thani, Turkey’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty.

The gathering comes ahead of

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