Hostage deal talks with Hamas will continue: Israel PM to Biden

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JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told US President Joe Biden in a call on Thursday that Israel had decided to send a delegation to negotiate a hostage release with Hamas but would end the war in Gaza only after “achieving all its objectives”, the premier’s office said in a statement.

Earlier, an Israeli officialsaid Netanyahu has decided to authorise a team to continue talks. There was no word on when or where the talks would talk place.