Compared to the last round of truce talks in Cairo, to which Israel publicly said it would not send a delegation, this seems to be an improvement on their willingness to have a conversation.
What we don’t yet know is who will be attending the talks on behalf of the Israeli delegation in Qatar, what their seniority is, and quite crucially, the extent of their mandate.
How much flexibility will the Israeli government give them to negotiate the finer points of any agreement?
At the same time, Netanyahu’s approval of a ground assault in Rafah may essentially be a threat, a maximalist position, as you would expect during public negotiations – showing that the Israeli military is prepared to take that step.
And yet we have heard again and again from Hamas that any deal needs to include a permanent ceasefire – and clearly military operations in Rafah would not constitute that.
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