Background of the Israeli Position on the Paris Meeting

The "Monitor" website reported, citing a source close to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, that "boycotting the Paris meeting was impossible with the arrival of the CIA director and the Qatari prime minister." The website added: "Netanyahu decided to send a negotiating delegation under public and American pressures and because there was no other option." The site quoted war council member Ben Gantz as saying, "The operation in Rafah can wait two months, but the hostages do not have that time, so the movement may need to be quick and decisive."