In the CIA Director’s visit to “Israel” today and his meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other officials, the American Intelligence Chief said that he still sees an opportunity for a ceasefire and prisoner exchange deal with Hamas – according to Hebrew Channel 12.

The “Israeli” officials attending the meeting; which include War Minister Yoav Gallant; Mossad Chief David Barnea; and head of Shin Bet Ronen Bar, communicated to William J. Burns that the Hamas proposal “crosses all red lines in every parameter and is unacceptable.”

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Burns told his hosts in the Occupied territories that they should see the deal not as a “full stop”, but rather as a “comma” – alluding to a normalization agreement between “Israel” and Saudi Arabia that could follow the ceasefire agreement if accepted.

Channel 12 added that the senior “Israeli” leaders see the gaps between them and Hamas on a possible prisoner exchange deal to be “extremely wide” – And therefore believe their focus needs to be on the continuing the invasion of the city of Rafah.