Ronen Bar reportedly told Cabinet ministers of a direct Hamas channel that helped break the hostage-talk deadlock; separate report says Netanyahu used a businessman to relay messages to senior Hamas official Ghazi Hamad in 2014, claims his office denies

Israeli TV says negotiations led by then-Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar began after Oct. 7, continued until 2025; permission to reveal meetings comes on hesls of report that Netanyahu…

PM's envoy reportedly spoke with terror official Ghazi Hamad, unbeknownst to official negotiators; in Gaza, IDF strikes kill Oct. 7 invaders, target Hamas 'ambush position'