The Prime Minister was briefed by Chief Intelligence Officer Brig.-Gen. Avi Keinan and the commander of the Collection Unit on the research into documents and technical inputs that IDF units have seized from the Hamas terrorist organisation.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his country is committed to ensuring the return of all hostages, the elimination of Hamas and the promise that Gaza will no longer pose a threat to Israeli citizens.
CIA Director Burns, valued by President Biden for his extensive Middle East contacts, plays a central role in the hostage crisis, given Israel's reliance on Mossad Chief David Barnea.
The Israeli government has approved the inclusion of 50 women prisoners in the list of prisoners eligible for release as part of an agreement to extend a temporary truce with Hamas in Gaza.
Relatives of Israelis abducted by Hamas last month assembled outside the headquarters of the American Red Cross in DC on Sunday to urge the international community to maintain pressure and demand the release of their family members.
The President was accompanied in the meeting by representatives of families of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza. Musk earlier met with Prime Minister Netanyahu and toured with him the areas destroyed by Hamas attack.
In a live chat on social media platform X (formerly Twitter) with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said that there is "no choice" other than to destroy the Hamas terror group in order to bring about a better future for Gaza, according to The Times
According to the deal, Starlink satellite units can only be operated in Israel with the approval of the Israeli Ministry of Communications, including in the Gaza Strip.
The Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, escorted Tesla CEO Elon Musk on a tour of Kfar Aza, an Israeli Kibbutz that was attacked on October 7, 2023, by Hamas, according to The Times of Israel.
Notably, 24 hostages, predominantly Israeli and Thai citizens, were recently released by the Hamas as part of the four-day Israel-Hamas truce. Hamas has abducted over 230 people in their October 7 raid on Israel.