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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated on Sunday that the Israeli negotiation team currently in Doha is working to reach an agreement for the release of all hostages. According to a statement from the Prime Minister’s Office, Israel has set out three conditions in exchange.<\/p>\n

“Under the Prime Minister\u2019s directive, the negotiation team is currently operating in Doha to exhaust every possibility for a deal\u2014whether according to the Witkoff proposal or as part of a broader end to the fighting, which would include the release of all hostages, the exile of Hamas terrorists, and the disarmament of the Gaza Strip,” the statement said.<\/p>\n

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Our forces in Gaza | Photo: IDF Spokesperson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Netanyahu Government Responds to Criticism<\/strong>
\nThe statement emphasized that had the Prime Minister given in to pressure from his critics, the outcome of the war would have been entirely different. The Prime Minister\u2019s Office asserted:<\/p>\n

“Hamas would have succeeded in rebuilding itself, Nasrallah and the entire Hezbollah leadership would still be alive with tens of thousands of rockets, Assad would have remained in power, and Iran would not have suffered any significant damage.”<\/p>\n

The statement also rejected claims that a deal could have been reached earlier, calling them completely unfounded:
\n“As senior U.S. officials have repeatedly testified, Hamas refused for many months to enter negotiations and was the sole obstacle to an agreement.”<\/p>\n

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The maneuver expected to split Gaza in two | Photo: Yonatan Sindel\/Flash90<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The statement added that, thanks to Netanyahu’s policy of applying both military and diplomatic pressure, the government has so far succeeded in bringing home 197 hostages.
\n“The government is doing everything in its power to bring back the 58 remaining hostages,” the statement concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Netanyahu announced that Israel\u2019s negotiation team is working in Doha to reach a deal for the release of all hostages in exchange for an end to the fighting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":23339,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[77,8,6,65],"tags":[2210,5730,5572,1476,1477,2631,2911,1705,3977,5563],"class_list":["post-23337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-idf","category-politics","category-security","category-world","tag-benjamin-netanyahu","tag-deal","tag-doha-negotiations","tag-gaza","tag-hamas","tag-hostage-release","tag-israel-defense-forces","tag-israeli-hostages","tag-middle-east-diplomacy","tag-war-in-gaza"],"yoast_head":"\nNetanyahu Confirms Talks in Doha Aim to End Fighting and Free Hostages - REGA news<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Netanyahu Confirms Talks in Doha Aim to End Fighting and Free Hostages\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Netanyahu announced that Israel\u2019s negotiation team is working in Doha to reach a deal for the release of all hostages in exchange for an end to the fighting.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/netanyahu-confirms-talks-in-doha-aim-to-end-fighting-and-free-hostages\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"REGA news\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-05-18T12:08:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1-134.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"768\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"544\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"By Shimon Levi\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"By Shimon Levi\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/netanyahu-confirms-talks-in-doha-aim-to-end-fighting-and-free-hostages\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/netanyahu-confirms-talks-in-doha-aim-to-end-fighting-and-free-hostages\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"By Shimon Levi\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/4d7bc34deb63b02173f4b03d0273ec11\"},\"headline\":\"Netanyahu Confirms Talks in Doha Aim to End Fighting and Free Hostages\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-05-18T12:08:08+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/netanyahu-confirms-talks-in-doha-aim-to-end-fighting-and-free-hostages\/\"},\"wordCount\":308,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/netanyahu-confirms-talks-in-doha-aim-to-end-fighting-and-free-hostages\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1-134.webp\",\"keywords\":[\"Benjamin Netanyahu\",\"Deal\",\"Doha Negotiations\",\"Gaza\",\"Hamas\",\"Hostage Release\",\"Israel Defense Forces\",\"Israeli Hostages\",\"Middle East diplomacy\",\"War in Gaza\"],\"articleSection\":[\"IDF\",\"POLITICS\",\"SECURITY\",\"WORLD\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/netanyahu-confirms-talks-in-doha-aim-to-end-fighting-and-free-hostages\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/netanyahu-confirms-talks-in-doha-aim-to-end-fighting-and-free-hostages\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/netanyahu-confirms-talks-in-doha-aim-to-end-fighting-and-free-hostages\/\",\"name\":\"Netanyahu Confirms Talks in Doha Aim to End Fighting and Free Hostages - 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